Seventh Week (July 14- July 18)

It's been another week at CBS. I finally finished my second research project for my boss, and I actually had a bit of an epiphany myself. I started to see the direction in which news is moving. Working in a newsroom, you constantly hear about how newspapers are starting to die out, and how conventional news as we know is becoming a thing of the past. It makes complete sense with the advent of the Internet. But beyond the Internet, what is there? And is working for any company in journalism a complete waste if it's not online?

I was looking around at ABC's website for their evening news broadcast, also part of the "dying" trend. I noticed a little feature on it that I thought was pretty cool. They have a podcast download available so viewers can take their news with them at any time. I know this might seem a little crazy to relate it to my questions, but at the same time, I thought it was a valid example of the direction toward which the news is moving. I guess I've realized that the news will never die, even though some of the ways we receive it might. I came to the conclusion that as a journalist, one of the best things you can do is be open to new technology and be ready to embrace it with whatever creativity you have. I do think that's an important thing to keep in mind, as more and more new products hit the market.

I also might have too much time on my hands to think so in depth about these things…

My boss approached me at the end of the week about starting to look for a story to write about. He said he would help me look for something, and I'm very excited to start doing that. I can't wait to get some writing under my belt this summer, although I'm hoping I'm not too rusty since it's been a while since I have written a news story.

On a positive note, I do feel like I am doing a good job here at CBS and that I generally get the idea of how things work in a newsroom of this style. It wasn't a tough adaptation, and I feel like it's given me some confidence about how I will fare when I graduate and really join the workforce. And for trying new things, gaining confidence is half the battle.