Arianna Huffington

Say what you want about Arianna Huffington, the lady can give a speech. One thing that really stood out in my mind when Huffington spoke at Ithaca College Tuesday evening was the idea that though journalism is changing, it is not dying. This quote from Huffington pretty much sums up her message:

“The future of journalism is not the same as the future of journalists,” Huffington said. “Our [goal] is not just to save journalism but to strengthen journalism.”

In other words, yeah, print journalism is not as big as it once was. But that does not mean journalists will be without jobs. Instead, if journalists only adapt and learn other forms of media, they will be fine. In fact, it will only benefit them to have more than one way of storytelling.

While many people say journalism is a dying field and it's dumb for college students to want to pursue a journalism degree, Huffington disagreed, calling this age the "golden age" of journalism. And with new multimedia, social networking and blogging, Huffington is correct. This truly is the golden age for journalism.