Online Journalism Then. Online Journalism Now.

I’m sure many of you get your daily dose of news from some form of digital means, eschewing the now archaic and grossly inefficient paper based model. Why spend countless minutes searching through pages of slaughtered trees when you can have an unlimited amount of papers available to you online, at your finger tips? So is the way of the world. Unfortunately, as more readers move online, ad revenue from traditional paper papers continues to fall meaning the publishers have to find new methods of making money. Sadly, it has taken the form of ad after ad and the continual downsizing of actual content per page. While I whole heartedly support ad usage, having more ads than worthwhile content isn’t a very good business model to attract readers and entice them to open up their wallets. The picture above comes compliments of Microsoft program manager Dare Obasanjo and shows just how much online journalism has changed in a few short years, albeit with an obvious twist of humor thrown in. Still, it is very clear the problems that online journalism still face in that they are clearly outside of their comfort zone and have no idea what they are doing. Ahhh, ’tis nice to reminisce.

Source: Alley Insider

Author: Mike Norris

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Gadget lover, smartphone collector, and beer connoisseur. I've been writing about gadgets for three years now and loving every minute of it. Outside of the digital landscape, I enjoy being active outdoors. I'm always up for a good conversation, so feel free to drop me a line!