Online News: A thing of the future

Newspapers these days are definitely a lot smaller than they used to be and prices haven't dropped, since they've shrunk. Although the newspaper is smaller these days, I don't think that is the only reason that people aren't buying them like they used to. Before the internet came out the newspaper, television, and radio were the only things that people had to know what was going on in the world. And before television and the radio the newspaper was all people had. Today the internet is a huge part of the news and has almost everything that you can get in the newspaper for free. The internet site youtube also has videos of anything you might want to look up. Cell phones with text messaging and internet are also available now, so you can see what's on the news on the go. With all this technology a newspaper isn't as necessary as it used to be. Email and Instant messaging are also available now as well as web cams to talk to others and see what's going on where they are. Newspapers are still useful and I don't think that we should get rid of them all together but I can definitely see why there not as popular. Maryville switched from the original print newspaper to an online newspaper just this year. Everything that is happening at Maryville will now be electronic. This is saving Maryville a lot of money considering it's around $500 to print the student newspaper each month. At the end of the year they are planning to do a magazine of all the stories throughout the year. I think this is a great idea.

Here is a Video that I found on Youtube about the how the newspaper is shrinking.