Today, five time emmy award winning journalist Herb Weisbaum, better known to his fans as The Consumer Man visited John Nicholson's RTN 364 class. He gave the class an insight on the real world of journalism, and its rapidly changing mediums. Weisbaum really hammered down the concept of journalism and the internet, saying as technology improves journalism needs to move along with it. Weisbaum said he suspects the internet will usurp television news broadcasts within the next five years, having news sitea primarily broadcast on the internet, and then refer their readers to their broadcast news shows more more information, instead of the other way around.
He also spoke on the jaded perspective that people today have on the news, saying that students now do not feel as guilty for not watching the news as students did back in the seventies. He said the constant exposure students get to all facets of media from sources through the internet, television, and radio has left the youth disenchanted with hard hitting news, and the issues that really matter.
Weisbaum is also known as the Consumer Man for KOMO Radio and Television in Seattle, WA. His "tip of the day" can be heard weekdays at 6:25, 8:55 and 11:55 AM as well as at 3:55 and 8:55 PM.
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