Video Assignment 1: Brian Hooks

Important Themes for the Future of Journalism

Writing: "Writing is very important, obviously for print journalists, but just in general for any journalist who is going into blogging or video blogging. There's this basic idea that you're spending the time to create something, this message, and it's important enough for numerous people to take time out of their life to listen to that message."

The Internet: "We don't necessarily have the ability to control who our audience is and the number of advertisers. We don't have control over who is seeing these advertisements. These are all things that everyone knows. Ironically, the Internet was created to communicate, and as journalists that's what we're trying to do -communicate- and the Internet is becoming our biggest nemesis."

The Future: "Consumers have such a broad spectrum to choose from that the time put into them is equivalent to the quality or importance. The nicer a blog or the nicer an online journalism site is, it has probably gotten that nice for a reason, so that gives me hope for the future."