The ups and downs of backpackin'

In my opinion, it is really upsetting to say people are unable to produce quality news using only their own brains and equiptment. Even if not every journalist can, that's not to say that there aren't enough journalists who can to consider backpack journalism, or convergence, a worthwhile or legitimate job. Not everyone could be a doctor. Not everyone could be a convergence journalist. But we still need doctors. Right?

I liked the North Carolina hurricane example. I think its invaluable to give readers as much as possible as soon as possible. Getting to the core of a news story...to initially say as much as we know about what happened. I think this exemplifies our true objectives as journalists.