My name is Mike Gasper, and I am a sophomore journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. I currently have an internship at ESPN 980 in Rockville, Md., and hope to become a sports journalist, but I am fully aware of how challenging of a goal that is to reach with the current direction of journalism.
In modern journalism, a reporter cannot be skilled in just one area, such as print or video. A journalist must be able to skillfully report in a variety of ways. Sure, journalistic organizations are cutting back on personnel, but this is because they have come to expect their reporters to be able to report through audio, video, photography, and of course, writing. With these expectations, it simply isn't necessary to have as many people on staff all doing different jobs that one reporter could easily do.
The reason for this increase in importance in the use of audio, video, and photography is that today's news consumers are no longer satisfied with simply reading a reporters take on an event. They want to see it and hear it, otherwise, a reporter will have a hard time keeping the consumers attention.
At this point in my journalistic career, my plan is to gain a solid understanding of all the ways that reporting can be done, and then to gain valuable experience at various internships.
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