Maria Burns Ortiz

Week 13
Looking toward the future: What’s next?

Readings
Five myths about the future of journalism
The newsonomics of tomorrow
The Future of Journalism
A Bright Future for Newspapers

In-class:
Final Project
Assignment 1 – Given what we’ve discussed over the course of the semester, how do you envision the future of journalism when it comes to the Web? What do you think we’ll see more of? What will we see less of? How will changing media shape the coverage we receive and the kinds of stories we see reported? What are the benefits of this evolution? What are the drawbacks? How will we receive our news? How will media outlets make money so they can pay our (journalists’) salaries? [Posts should be approximately 500 words.]

In-class: Bring materials to work on an element of your final project.