Before taking this class I never heard of many independent media websites and several of them which I have taken the time to explore I have been throughly impressed. My previous idea of an independent media source consisted of a simple blog with a decent number of followers run by someone who also had a day job. So as you can imagine when I came across News21 I found my beliefs to be somewhat untrue. At first I was confused as to where the news stories where as I was greeted on the homepage by how News21 is redefining journalism and links to their media partners.
Once maneuvering to a sub-page I was able to find articles all related to one topic, in my case I clicked on an article that brought me to another page about transportation safety. So much for the lone blogger with a day job, this article, Remedies to Prevent Plane Crashes Languish definitely took some time to write. Richie Duchon went into great details and provided graphics that were very helpful and added something to the story.
If blogging is the new form of journalism and the students and staff who contribute to News21 are the new faces of journalism, than newspapers just might go extinct.
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