my perception of journalism

the topic for this week is "Discuss how the New Media Intensive has changed your perception of journalism in general and your work as a journalist in the future". Firstly, I need to work out what my perception of journalism was before the intensive, then I can see how it has changed. I came ot Rhodes to study journalism basically because I could write at school and I was the school's newspaper editor. I never thought I would fall in love with radio like I did. And I am so glad I went into radio. My perception of journalism hasn't changed much between the intensive and the rest of my four years doing journ, but rather these four years have dramatically changed my perception from before I came here. I decided to do new media because I have this uneasiness towards the latest technology, and still believe that it is out to conspire against me. And the best way to deal with your fears is to grab it by the horns I guess. I have now come to discover that journalism is all about striking a balance between giving people not only want they want to hear and read, but what they need to. And then presenting it in such a way that they will consume the information they thought they did not need to know. New Media has taught me that it is all about presentation. It doesn't matter how god your work is, if its presentation is not appealing, no one is going to bother to read it or listen to it.
As for me being a journalist in the future, radio stations are slowly but surely merging with other media, specifically the online stuff. Every radio station has a website, and I reckon if I want people all over the world to hear my work, this is a perfect avenue to go down. I know it sounds corny, but knowledge is power and if I know how to make my work more accessible, it leaves me no excuses. I have realised that radio can be very visual and using a website is the perfect way to integrate visual aspects with audio aspects.
I have had great fun learning new skills and its been great to feel like a bit of a techno nerd:)