Are These "Challenges" Really Challenges?

Another blog site, Journalistics, made a post about challenges journalists face in this day of age. It stated many different points that some could see as issues. Others could question, are they really challenges?

The blog gave some points such as the problem of having to "write content across multiple formats." This isn't necessarily a challenge. They also talk about how lay-offs are often in this industry. Going back to that "issue" of writing in different platforms, like print and online, they would be contradictory of each other. Usually, there are many jobs within this field for that specific reason of having different aspects of broadcasting the information. There are those who handle the online writing, the social media accounts and so on. Therefore, jobs would need to be filled in order to cover all the areas media news is given to the public.

It also stated the idea that dealing with the constantly changing media is a problem. It's not a problem, it's the job. That's what makes it fun; there's always something new. If the rapidly changing industry wasn't advancing often, no one would watch and the news wouldn't be a thing. That's what the job is and that's what the world loves, new information at the click of a button. 

There are bigger problems that face this industry than these few "challenges" the blog has listed. What they see as problems, others see as a job someone signed up for. Like any job, there are challenges that need to be faced.

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by Tony Black