Everyone's a Journalist

Report now research later has been the mentality of many reporters these days. What has are world come to, a straight money hungry society? No, that can’t be the answer because for all time numerous journalists have tried to make money with cheap reporting. The only difference now is that anyone with Internet access can do this through personal blogs. So, naturally there are going to be more ethical problems, and problems with today’s youth.
Our technology driven society has made it possible for kids, who have little or no journalistic knowledge, able make there own blogs through websites like Facebook and MySpace. Is this wrong or scary? In some ways yes because many children do not understand that they are not untouchable. I was the same way, when I was younger it was chat rooms that were the big deal. While I was in these chat rooms with people from who knows where with what intentions, I felt safe because I had no idea what the world was like. This is the same idea with today’s younger generation in regards to the idea of blogging. Many times these blogging websites have personal pictures and comments that should be kept to one’s self. The reason for this is because a simple picture could potentially demolish one’s reputation. Representing one’s self is critical, especially when anyone can see your life unfold on a single webpage.