As a student of media and journalism, the last piece of news I want to hear is about the decline of the media industry, and how difficult it is to get a job worthwhile after graduation. Charlie Brooker - the one name in the British media I still moderately respect, has drawn this prospect for me and thousands like me across the country:
While sceptics may not find the arguments particularly compelling, the hearsay within the industry spells doom for journalists and foresees some form of revolutionary change in the world of media very shortly.
Just yesterday the BBC World Service in a short radio documentary made it clear that the public, it seems, is no longer interested in impartiality. Almost two months ago, the National Union of Journalists celebrated its 100th birthday with a series of demonstrations and rallies in the wake of an obvious crisis in the media industry. The BBC and ITV job cuts have long left the headlines, but the effects of the cuts have already manifested in many ways not always appealing.
The Union people are divided over the future of free press. The more pragmatic have moved on to the Web, while the more orthodox have labelled the Web 2.0 'rubbish' . Futuristic videos started appearing, predicting an ultimate meltdown of media companies and online search engines, rendering traditional journalism of news gathering redundant.
Dark times are upon us. Especially upon the students of journalism and media.
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