This morning, the Online Reporter interns and mentors took a tour of the Gettysburg Times newsroom. Editor BJ Small addressed the issues the industry is facing and ways the paper is working to save itself.
Small spoke to the journalists about their role in the ever-changing print field. He emphasized that even if papers convert to a solely online format, reporters will still be as important as ever.
Even though technology is developing everyday, that doesn't mean reporters need to run out and find a new career path. Journalists' role in this country will always be the same. They will always need to be watchdogs. They will always be there to tell the story of the underdogs and the winners and the losers. No matter how they're getting the information to the public, it will still be getting it there.
So even if print is dead, journalists will never say die.
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