Sitting through an industry talk tonight with a guest speaker, Andrew Harrison, editor of Esquire and Select magazines, is making me think twice about the future of journalism.
The negativity surrounding the dramatic change in the world of journalism is worrying to new, aspiring journalists such as myself. Is there a future in the industry for us?
These speakers have had the experience when print media boomed in society, and as its decline is now apparent, their honest is slightly worrying for someone like me - desperate to be a part of the journalism industry/cult that surrounds us.
You can only stay positive through these times, and although the prospects aren't great, only we can decide what we can be in the future. We set our own paths in life and our own personal boundaries that we can build and break through.
Societies will always have something new to aspire and want because we, as humans, will want more. As it becomes easier to attain your pitch or niche for whatever your fingers can write about. So will gaining the experiences needed for the new angles of Magazines and what they want. We as Journo's will see a vast change in the industry yes, but other's are negative because it is a different trade to others. If you want something then how far are you willing to go to get it? ? ?
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