Trying To Get a Job in a Dying Industry...

Let me share my dilemma with all of you: I want to become a journalist, but there are no jobs. Actually the people who are currently journalists are all losing their jobs right now. So why don't I get out of this major? Why do I continue to torment myself and stick with a dying industry?

Because, there is still hope for those of us who want to spread information to the world.

People still need information about their world, they just want it in a different format. Newspapers are dying, but they're not dead. They still contain great information about the world for those who want to purchase them (they are super cheap considering their content and the work put into them).

Journalism has hope though. Broadcasts such as The Daily Show and other media are doing really well right now. I won't argue whether or not The Daily Show is a comedy show or a news show because whether Jon Stewart likes it or not he delivers news to people who use him for this purpose.

I think Jon Stewart might be uncomfortable with this notion, but I think he is the future.

His type of television delivers the news in an interesting way that makes people want to listen. Many people aren't watching the news anymore because news isn't being delivered in an interesting fashion.

So this is what I propose. I want journalists to become more interesting. I want us to produce newspapers and television shows that engage the viewers into what we are saying. I want people to care about the world and I want us as journalists to make them care.