By Savannah Swix I will admit – I don’t read the newspaper and probably the only time you will see me watching the news on television is if I am sitting with my mother in our living room on a weekday morning. However, I see the day’s biggest headlines, check out links to news stories and watch… Continue reading Entering and Advancing the Digital News Age

By Jazzy Teen Reading a black and white newspaper or patiently waiting for the six o’clock news seems to be archaic rituals of the past as we live our technologically savvy lives through the ease of our cell phones. Traditional media sources – newspapers, magazines, radio, television – are all struggling to captivate their audiences… Continue reading Local TV News: Stable enough to last

The State of News Media 2016 by the Pew Research Center confirmed a lot of my assumptions as they relate to modern news media. Basing these assumptions only on the observations of my own personal habits, my peers habits and the habits of my and my peers’ families, I am unsurprised by the majority of the… Continue reading Newsprint Down, Podcasting Up

By Austin Short Podcasting is something I recently have become infatuated with. It is awesome to have audio of your favorite shows pre-downloaded and ready to listen to whenever you like. I regularly listen to The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz, which is an ESPN radio show that is available as a podcast. A more… Continue reading Podcasting is becoming more popular slowly but surely

By Brittanie Chludzinski  I’m sure any journalism student can relate when I say this: I’ve heard my fair share of negative outlooks on the industry from friends, family and even professors throughout the last four years. “Journalism is a shrinking industry.” “Are you sure you want to take that route? It might be difficult to… Continue reading Print journalism is shrinking as digital gains strength

By Xinyi Xie From the News Media 2016 report by Pew Research Center State, we could easily find that digital media plays an important role in the marketing while the traditional newspaper field lose their 7% audience trends annually. Under the great recession of the U.S. newspaper industry, most traditional media are working on digital… Continue reading Besides news, traditional media could also do…

The lengthy Pew Research Center State of the News Media 2016 report included very eye opening data and trends in the media. I immediately clicked on the section about cable news because of the crazy election year of 2016. I just knew there was a viewership increase and the data confirmed my assumption. The data stated that… Continue reading Cable news increases while newspapers suffer

By Ashley Gibbard Most of the trends this article talks about didn’t surprise me. I knew that the use of print news was decreasing. I was, however, shocked by that fact that the use of broadcast TV news is still increasing because to me it seems like more and more people are getting their news… Continue reading State of the News Media

By Jack Nissen Reporter | Spartans Innovate During each news day at WJBK in Southfield, there is a five-hour period where the cameras go dark, the sets remain empty and channel 2 stays quiet. Then, every so often, Laura Moore, the assistant news director of the TV station, takes the station’s iPad, logs into Periscope… Continue reading Journalism on the Move: How is live streaming going to change the field?

Photo Credit: smallbiztrends.com While reading a Fast Company interview with Buzzfeed’s publisher, Dao Nguyen , a part that stood out to me was how she created her first article that went viral. The article titled “27 sings you were raised by immigrant parents was able to rack up an astounding 2 million views. According to the interview, she… Continue reading The Art of Going Viral