The future of journalism..

The future of journalism appears to depend on new technological advances.

Over the last decade, or so, technology has revamped the journalism industry and, with new inventions and innovations ever-emerging, these changes can only continue.

The introduction of the Internet has been the key breakthrough for the use of today's journalism. Whereas previously, one would have to buy a newspaper or turn on the radio to find news, nowadays, it can simply be done with the push of a button; even on a mobile phone!

Social-networking websites, such as Twitter and Facebook, are becoming increasingly popular and are now becoming key sources of news. From the death of Michael Jackson to Darren Bent's frustrated outburst of his transfer hold-up, such websites allow news to spread faster than with any other journalism medium.

However, as society moves forward in terms of technological advances, does this mean that traditional news-gathering values should be forgotten? It has been encouraged on my sports journalism course to retain these values - to write in Standard English, to ensure that facts are correct.. To basically, follow the traditional rules of journalism but to also apply them to other medias other than print - such as online, to match the modern ways.

Newspaper sales are already on the decline. More and more people are instead surfing the net to find news. It is free after all! But for how long? Will we have to pay for our usage of news websites soon? Newspaper companies will still exist but we may well instead, have to purchase their content , whilst using it on the Web.

Traditionalists would dislike this greatly. But they cannot stop the Web and the control it has over people's lives. The future of journalism is changing, and they'll have to go with it, whether they like it or not.