I can remember being entirely envious of my best friend’s hot pink Motorola Razor. It was so cool. You could flip the phone shut and take a photograph using the small front-facing screen, you could create your own ringtones, film videos and, (if you had an enormous amount of money) you could connect to the internet.
That was eight years ago.
It’s hard to believe just how far technology and more specifically, mobile technology has become. Using a phone like the Motorola Razor now, would be akin to powering up a computer running the very first OS of Microsoft: slow and dated.
We’re now so used to have literally the world in our pockets that it is hard to imagine ever living without 24/7 access to Google, or Siri’s inappropriate, yet sassy jokes.
The digital age has revolutionised many industries. Journalism is (obviously) one of them. My parents are still in the mindset that, if they miss the six o’clock news, they will not have another chance to catch the daily bulletin. Of course, we know, that we are able to get live updates from news applications, Twitter or blogs throughout the day.
News-ception?
Alas, the 24/7 demand for news has meant that many journalists are no longer just writers, but curators, photographers and even their own camera crew. The role of the journalist is changing, which also means that the way in which news is presented and consumed is changing.
Is it for the better? I guess we will just have to wait and see!
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