In the back of my mind, someone has said that journalist suppose to know at least a little bit of everything, if not all things. And convergence is the sequence that fit this definition best.
The readings called it “backpack journalism, but we called it convergence journalism. This is the filed of journalism that supposed to know and apply all the relevant technologies to present stories.
Because we might not be as good as the traditional specialized journalists, we are criticized as “Jack of all trades, and master of none.” In Mizzou however, we have to pick our concentrations, while we develop our convergence skills. And this education system is a great way to counter such criticism, prepare ourselves better towards examples from “Backpack Journalism Is Here to Stay”.
Using mini camera to record or podcast is pretty common on the internet; the existence of MyMissourian is one of the examples. Tons of “grassroot reporters” contributes their parts to report what happened in their community and our job as convergence journalists are here to make such reporting better for the larger audiences.
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