Backpack Journalism

Both of the articles concerning backpack journalism made valid points but I tended to lean toward the arguments made in the first rather than the second. The first article detailed the inability of television and print mediums to dedicate enough attention to important stories which I agreed with. The second article seemed to repeat the argument that because multimedia reporting was becoming more and more prevalent, people would no longer specialize. I find that hard to believe, not only because people, audiences and producers still value quality news stories, but also simple human nature dictates that people would play to their strengths. The first article mentioned the use of and necessity for training while the second article seemed to gloss over it, as if none would occur. The second article also neglected to mention the aspect of teamwork, which is vital to any multimedia project/publication. With teamwork, comes increased experience and most likely specialization, ultimately resulting in projects exceeding mediocrity.