Compare and Contrast the Challenges of Traditional and Entrepreneurial Journalism, Respectively.

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Compare and contrast the major challenges of traditional and entrepreneurial journalism, respectively. Use an example from each category to illustrate your points (ie., The New York Times Company and the Huffington Post. A challenge that the traditional news journalists have faced is missing the mark on some of the most important stories of our times because they didn’t take advantage of the new technology of the internet to strengthen their journalism. For instance, because they were so caught up with the run up of the Iraq war, they failed to anticipate and inform the public about the economic meltdown. With entrepreneurial journalism, which is like a mashup of freelance journalism, niche publishing, and enterprising beat reporting, news can be received from a wider spectrum of people that provide different perspective to stories- and aren’t just focused on one theme. For instance, the Huffington Post has over 3000 bloggers that they takes news from. With such a wide access to different perceptions, readers can gain access to a different type of media. There is more transparency, interactivity and immediacy with entrepreneurial journalism. By using the internet, anyone can easily and quickly upload news and inform the online public about news event. Access to different perceptions is available, as well as wanting to access just a specific topic/niche/beat. For instance, the Sacramento Bee constantly re-evaluates how to be relevant to its readers. The Sacramento Bee launched the “Sacramento Connect,” which curates local blogs and community news; Specifically, “The State Worker” blog which is controlled by business writer Jon Ortiz, focuses on California’s civil service sector. This type of entrepreneurial journalism allows readers interested in this topic to access it. New York Times for instance covers a lot of international topics that not all

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