02/01/17 - Change never stops, but we will always need journalism (33)

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/01/we-always-need-journalism-but-change-never-stops

This article started off talking about the trouble as 2017 begins is simplicity, as in simple cause and effect. Fifteen years ago, Britain devoured around 15m newspapers each morning. Now it’s 6m and falling. A big cause of this is that the majority of these previous newspaper users, have now moved onto social media and use their smartphones for news with the greater impact in new/digital media. It also says the following: One habit dies; another takes over. That’s an obvious tale of cause and effect, a conclusion that broadcasters who don’t much appreciate the printed press find an easy recitation. One habit falls, another takes over. An equation so basic you don’t really have to think about it – nor try to set it in any historical context. But look back awhile before you look forward. For looking forward means looking back. The point about looking back is that this unwinding chronicle never ends, never finds a steady state. There’s a whole new world beyond Facebook and Google out there – and only one certainty firm in the mix. However produced, however delivered, this swirling world needs facts, perceptions, arguments, reflections, hard truths. This world needs journalism.

• There was, as it transpired, too much free news material out there you didn’t have to pay for. To this day, only about 10% of news on the net comes with a price tag.
• You could feel that print nirvana coming in the late 1980s and through the 1990s. New papers, new supplements, new thicker editions, the transforming wonders of colour.

In my opinion, I believe that the title of this article is 100% accurate. In the media, there will always be changes but we will always need journalists as they are the most reliable piece of sources the news platform have. Without them, this can then see a giant increase in the result of fake news happening more frequently. This can result in more bloggers coming at the forefront since there will be no journalists and therefore could be a chance that the news provided by those specific blogger, means that they will most likely not fully reliable and accurate and everyone would be feeding themselves with inaccurate information.