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A Rocky Requiem

I didn’t think i’d get so emotional in reading about a paper’s obituary.   The Rocky Mountain News published its last edition today.   I guess the end of a paper is not only the absence of news and information that help to hold the society together, to hold the society accountable or even entertained, but it’s the end of a ritual that was taken for granted for so long.

I’m not sure how the journalism industry is going to look like even 5 years from now.  I’ll be graduating with a journalism master’s this year in probably the worst economy since the Great Depression and the worst state of the newspaper industry.  Although the medium might change to the internet or mobile phones, good reporting is still needed.  I always felt the more competition in the marketplace of opinions and viewpoints, the better. I’m sure politicians and public officials will miss being badgered by reporters; they are the only ones who pay any attention to them anyway.

I’m definitely stressed out and worried if I’ll have a job by the time I graduate. I’m finding it hard to even have the time to apply for a job with all the school work I have on my plate.  The irony is of course, I’m spending all this time preparing for an industry that is dying reinventing itself.