As I sit here in a coffee shop, I see forgotten newspapers strewn across dirty tables. When I glance up from my netbook I see middle aged adults with their faces half covered by black and white print on shrunken newscopy. The newspapers around here have changed to a smaller layout, using less paper and saving money in the process.
The teens and young adults (of which I consider myself still a part of) are busily tapping away on netbook, laptops and smart phones.
Are newspapers just for the “classic minded” adults?
When I was a freshman in college I majored in Print Journalism. My professors tried to prepare us for life online as the print market was shrinking – and that was in 2003. Today I believe that is much more the truth. To read more recent news, check this new post about Jimmy John Shark.
I thought then and I still think so today: The future of news is online in real time. Someday we will be almost paperless as a society. We will get all our news online via tweets and news alerts by connecticut post on our phones/computers. I believe that our phones & computers will morph even more into one product then they are today. It will be easier to tweet and blog on the go then it is on the current iPhone.
That is my prediction.
Do you agree?
It’s kind of sad to me to see the newspapers vanishing. Our major newspaper here offer a Thursday through Sunday paper only and the rest of the days are online.
It makes me sad that newspapers are dying. We had a 100+ year old paper shut down last year in Denver. But I completely understand why that is, and like most I get all my news in real time too.
It is looking pretty dismal for papers.
I absolutely agree. 10 years ago, I would have said no way, but I think it is an inevitability now. I haven’t succumbed to the Kindle or the like, but I’m sure I will soon. I’ll kind of miss doing the crossword in the paper, though.