Connor Hayes

With Virtual Reality Gaining Steam, News Outlets Must Adapt

In a recent Fast Company article, “The Biggest Challenges Facing the News Industry in 2016,” several expert journalists voiced their opinions on the future of the news industry. To me, the most interesting opinion based on putting increased effort into virtual reality, came from USC Journalism professor Robert Hernandez. Hernandez caught me off-guard stating, “In… Continue reading With Virtual Reality Gaining Steam, News Outlets Must Adapt

Julie Angell

Trust: New Outlets’ Biggest Challenge in 2016

Media outlets building trust in their communities is not a newfound obstacle, but, it’s getting more challenging. There’s been a swarm of theories swirling around the Flint community’s water issue. No matter which one you believe, we can all agree that trust was broken. The question becomes: Is trust solely lost in the government, or… Continue reading Trust: New Outlets’ Biggest Challenge in 2016

Jane Wagner

2016: A Bundle of Challenges

  As the news industry continues to evolve and reshape itself into more of an online entity, it is becoming increasingly difficult to entice readers to pay circulation fees and membership costs for their news. Many people expect all online media to be free to consume and read on any site, due to the fact that everything is… Continue reading 2016: A Bundle of Challenges

Justin Sienkowski

Can Ad-Blockers Be Defeated? A Look Into A Possible Publisher Solution

  On the surface, ad-blockers seem harmless; why wouldn’t we disable all those annoying ads, especially when we can do it for free? It seems easy to think that the losing party in this scenario is the advertisers—the party that most people couldn’t care less about. The truth is, however, that it is actually the publishers… Continue reading Can Ad-Blockers Be Defeated? A Look Into A Possible Publisher Solution

Christine Larouere

The Continuous Rise of Social Media

by Christine Larouere After reading Pew Research’s “Social Media Usage 2005-2015” and FastCompany’s “The Biggest Challenges Facing the News Industry in 2016,” it really opened my eyes to the fact that there will always be an upward climb towards social media and innovation. The media industry is constantly evolving, and these reports prove that society wants to be able… Continue reading The Continuous Rise of Social Media

Alexandra Donlin

The Collapse of The New Republic

Source: Bearing Drift The New Republic has been an incredibly successful liberal opinion publication for over 100 years. That is until its downward spiral started in 2014. The magazine was started by Herbert Croly, Walter Lippmann and Walter Weyl, with the financial backing of Dorothy Payne Whitney and Willard Straight in 1914. It was known for its… Continue reading The Collapse of The New Republic