I thought our open lab class on Tuesday was very interesting. Professor Klein took a very tragic and sad event and managed to turn it into at least some sort of learning experience. Tragedies happen and no matter how much society tries to prevent them, they will happen again and again. Whether the tragic event is a tsunami, 9/11, a hurricane or a school shooting, people who care and need to understand what's going on will be in the dark unless the media is there.
To reiterate what professor Klein said Tuesday, this is a prime example of a new age in journalism. We are now in a stage where anyone can be published and anyone can provide information to anyone else. Clearly there is only one time for a story to be released, that time is immediately, right now as it happens, 24 hours a day. ASAP.
Weather it is 24 hour Fox News, 24 hour CNN, students taking video of gun shots with cell phones, or the Virginia Tech school newspaper's blog, we have entered a new age in this business. Not just journalists, but all people now need to understand how to publish information in a variety of mediums immediately, as well as access constantly updated information from a variety of mediums as news happens.
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