according to me journalism means to highlight the good as well as bad circles of the society but now a days the trend is changed and we are focusing on some irrelevant issues so if continueing this journalism will writes its obituary and also journalist all around the world should focus in the views of peoples and also try to find out the cures. along with it also high light their problems before the public. and do their positive role

Newspapers and journalism are two related yet different entities. In the past, many people defined journalism to mean work done with newspapers and magazines. However, over the years, that basic definition has evolved to mean the profession in which people write, collect, edit and present news or news articles, whether in newspapers, on televisions, radio or over the internet. So the future of the newspaper - one of several media that produce and disseminate news - should not be confused with the future of the profession of journalism (except in the sense that the 'strongest brands' of journalism are still associated with the newspaper industry).

And the future of journalism is, in my opinion, quite solid, since it is fairly safe to assume that there will always be people who collect, write, edit and present news for the consumption of the general public. This certainly is not a concept that will become 'outdated' or defunct because of new technologies. Instead, journalism is and continues to be significantly enhanced by the internet and web-related applications. You could say that instead of being outdated, the fruits of journalism are being 'updated' to reach more people in less time with greater effect.

Newspapers, on the other hand, will only share a similar future if they begin to optimise their reach and scope by incorporating web-related marketing and presentation strategies into their everyday operations. If newspapers continue with their traditional modes of marketing and production, and reject and/or ignore the many technological changes that are sweeping society, they will begin to lose relevance, and will miss out on a very lucrative online market.

As Huckerby notes, most of the panic regarding the future of journalism is concentrated in the US, and the entire world is being branded based on what occurs there. Keep in mind that there are many countries which have not yet been infiltrated in any major way by the internet, so of course their newspaper industries do not feel threatened by it...

But let's not be myopic. Internet use the world over is increasing, and this socio-technological climate poses a challenge to traditional media. But note that it is a challenge, not necessarily a threat. It simply means that they have to look into new ways of doing things, or expand their offerings. It does not mean that they are going to die and become extinct.

So, to cut a long story short (and to answer the question above), I believe that if newspapers rise to the challenge and start to see the many ways in which they can use new technology to their benefit, they will have very little to be worried about... Simultaneously, journalists should take the time to ensure that their reporting is fair and balanced and does not give an unreal representation of a situation. If this was being done from the start, it would not now seem like journalists are writing their own obituaries... because there would be a clear understanding of the fact that this 'morbid' outlook is not shared by journalists all over the world... and that the current financial difficulties also contribute to the challenges that newspapers (along with everybody else) now face.

I personally believe that most writtens tailoring towards the death of journalist in their line of duty is really causing alot of hitches in the industry of journalism.Due to the fact that as journalist, we cannot takeout the human factor in us so by this some who dont have the courage to carry on turn to decline their line of duty.

Truth be told, there is glaring threat to the future of journalism especially in situations where today's younger journalists are not enterprising, daring, adventurous, and would not want to aspire beyond routine or 'arm-chair' journalism. An addition is their reliance on information from the Internet without making extra efforts to verify information sourced from the WWW. In a few years however, journalism would still be very much around; but I doubt if it would still have the dynamism to retain readership, viewership or followership as the case may be. Also, writing obituaries about journalism colleagues and the profession itself is NO bad idea. Afterall, we celebrate others, and so, whether we live or die, we must be celebrated too. I do hope I am in tandem with the issue(s) of focus. Joke Kujenya, Senior Journalist, The NationNewspaper/Media Mentors, Lagos, Nigeria

Journalists should mind the expressions of approach. I only see the problems as a need for re-invention in the print media. A change of approach in what things have been could make this tier of the media more proficient than face the threat of extinction. How about giving news of the day on that day?

Wainainah Kiganya, Nairobi To remain relevant, print journalists must now to go beyond immediate news and venture into the deeper implication of events to take the news beyond what was on radio and TV, or on SMS alerts and the internet. Editors and media house managers to seek new ways of presenting news to remain relevant - creativity and innovation are the key here.

Nindi Tarley Reporter New Democrat newspaper

In my view as a journalists, journalism should be written about because the public do not know the harm and danger attached to journalists gathering information. Writting about the mal-treatment of journalists through the media will also help human rights advocacy intervene when ever are journalists is ill-treated.

Martin Huckerby, London

The death of newspapers is conflated with the death of journalism, and neither are actually happening in most parts of the world. (The crisis hitting US papers produces American doomsayers who presume something similar is happening everywhere).

In some countries, newspaper groups used to making very high profits (US papers, local papers in the UK etc ), and terrestrial TV networks, too, are in trouble because they are making much less money -- a cyclical decline, because of the financial crisis, as well as the structural change. We are often told "legacy media" cannot compete with new media, but of course much of the new media are highly unprofitable. New media are burning through capital, hoping to reach a point where the opposition is so weak that it collapses and they can make money; if they succeed (which is still unlikely, even in the US), they could kill off much good journalism -- and it would be a poor exchange to lose major newspapers or TV news operations, and only get things like the Huffington Post or citizen journalism in return. There are so many great media developments happening on the Net, but most are only additions to the journalism we depend on. Let's not kid ourselves that, if we lose the solid journalism we can expect in a country like the US, new media will fill the gap. There's still a huge audience for print and TV news -- but media companies seem to be suffering a collective loss of nerve. Perhaps their survival instincts need honing after many fat years!

Miano Kihu The supposed extinction of print media in particular is (in my opinion) a bit exaggerated. For one, the emegency of news radio in 1920s was feared that it could render newspapers out the way, but it never did it - though it had an impact. The emergency of TV about 15 years after the radio was thought to become the final blow to the newspaper. But did it? Agreeably, some markets especially the US saw newspapers lose markedly for statistics show that market penetration of the newspaper (number of newspapers per a household) reduced drastically.

Maybe now many newspaper doomsayers think that the internet and the accompanying technologies would be the last straw that broke the camel's (newspapers') back let alone the other media.

Perhaps, we need to analyze the effects on country by country basis. Some countries like Sweden, Norway, Holland, Finland, among others, are known to have very strong newspaper reading culture which is unlikely to be replaced by the new methods of information communication in a huff. I wish somebody could assist with some statistics to show trend of newspaper readership as well as the radio and TV news consumption in different countries to assist so that we can have reliable methods of determining the fate or future of the newspaper and the other media.

Nevertheless, i think the importance of newspaper as a predominant means of conveying information has diminished markedly in various countries over the last 15 years of internet age. Still i feel the print media will continue occupying a significant place of communicating to the public due to the peculiarity of the printed word.

My dear fellow journalists around the world. I had been in the worldwide freelance journalism and photojournalism. I wish my fellow journalists to surf and register JPGmag.com to see pictures. I am old now but I still wish to foster my friendship with all of you. I live in the island of Borneo. Being one of the worldwide freelance journalists I wish that some of my fellow friends in the United States of America could help me to find newspaper that can publish my feature writing. I may be wrong just to take this opportunity to seek help from my fellow journalist friends from all over the world. Being a freelance journalist some printing media are reluctant to pay for the contributions sent to them. Kindly help me. You can e-mail me at rahmatnews@yahoo.com I shall try to reply and be one of your friends, too. Thank you very much.

if we do not move from information to knowledge. death is certain because journalist can not compete with web in info gathering.....

vin

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It is no gain-saying that journalism is under threat from the advancement of modern technology.

For those of us in this part of the world called Africa, we can take solace in the backwardness of our society and believe that our dear profession has a future. But the advancement of mobile-phone companies in our leeward communities should serve as a determining factor that even people living in the interior can now use the internet service on their mobile phones to read the newspapers without being in the urban communities.

The threat is glaring and global media stakeholders should meet to brainstorm on the alternative to save journalism, mainly the print media.

I guess it's the sheer competition in terms of the number that is leading to the so-called death of journalism. Newsmakers are making all sorts of non-issues into issues to get the viewership. I think we need to re-look at the essence of journalism.

there is no doubt in the fact that the advent of information technology is taking its toll on every area of human endeavours,including the media.infact the advent of the the new media poses a great challenge.so it becomes debatable if journalists who are affected by this issue continue to promote. if the principle and toga being touted in the media is fairnes and objectivity then he who comes to equity must come in clean hands.its aposite to this principle therefore if media practitioners examine thmselves,so as to better acces the public.The present global challenge will make journalist to be serious and postulate genuinely on how to ensure the survival of the job.