I had no idea who Adrian Holovaty was before I read this article for class, but I have to admit he’s a very smart guy. With so much changing in the world, it’s about time newspapers (and magazines, in my opinion) start changing themselves. Everybody is in a rush to get somewhere. And, nobody wants to get out of his/her car. They want everything from a drive-thru, even news. That’s what struck me about the article “A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change.”
The internet is faster then any medium we have used to provide news with in the past. And we should take advantage of it. By providing data in a quick and convenient (yet comprehensive) manner, we can provide so much of the story. I do understand what the journalists mean when they say that this is not journalism. Where is the article? Where is the in-depth reportage? Well, to counter that, who is reading that in-depth reportage nowadays? Some people are, but it’s not like it used to be. We, as journalists, have to learn to mold with the times. We have to keep up with our audience and learn to look at the facts a little differently.
