Journalism in Maine

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The future of journalism of Maine has long been a topic of discussion. Journalism in United States, let alone journalism in Maine, is in a changing venue. With over half of journalism jobs, especially print jobs in the industry being cut, the future is a question mark. In “Future of Journalism in Maine” Laila Sholtz-Ames interviews Maine students under the age of twenty-five to hear first hand what they believe the future of journalism will be like. Will youth still be reading newspapers or just using online medias?

After the interviews, nearly everyone believed that the future will feature an increase of online media. While newspapers may not die off, many believe that with the new increases in technology, journalists and news enthusiasts alike will look forward to modern technology. This trend follows with university admissions numbers. According to Forbes reports, journalism admissions at Columbia increased 38% in the past few years, 25% at Stanford and 6% at New York University. Perhaps students are optimistic the journalism medias, like the newspapers, will come back to mainstream America.

Alden Stuart believed that newspaper would still remain mostly the same. “ I really think not a lot will change, but I mean we might see more of an online media.” Stuart, who once considered majoring in journalism in hopes of being a copy editor, says that he feels journalism is still an important field. “People will always need news.”

Nick Rucker, a New Media major, on the other hand, believes that pod casts and media will be more in the forefront. “ I really see more of a shift in journalism and media. It’s not going to be paper; it’s going to be an increase in pod casting.”

Rucker believes that students are eager to study new media and journalism because it is an ever-changing field. “There’s a lot of options in this field, where as something like sociology is more limited.