Matt Yaeger , Journalism in a Democracy

Many people in today's world are slowly fading away from the old ways. Waking up in the morning and having fido bring you the daily times, to enjoy with a cup of joe. Instead, we now have the opportunity to get all of our news straight from the television or a online source.

Society is starting to revolve into a online media based organization, going away from the dead tree type. Many newspapers are declining in popularity because of the internet's easy accessibility as well as convenience. Journalism will always exsist because of the need for reporters in the field. But the prited newspaper will pressumably fade away in the near future as more poeple get accustomed to the new age of technology. You can get hard news from your cell phone, computer, i-pod, and on and on.

Newspaper's are becomeing extinct. A good example of this in effect would be the Seattle Intelligencer, Denver Cronicle, and the Boston Globe. All of theswe papers are on the edge of thier seats, trying to keep afloat. These is in direct corilation with the online features, people can easily use.

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Here are three reason the print news will slowly dissapear.

• Convenance- very easy to access
• Timeliness- you can quickly read a headline via your cell phone
• Affordability-It cost nothing to find information online.

Matt Yaeger