Chapter 4
Tools Are Tools
When the concept of convergence hit newsrooms and classrooms in the first years of the new millennium, veteran journalists, editors, and educators were concerned. They wondered how the changes would affect the way they had done their jobs for years—or even decades. Some wondered if the changes would make their skills and experience irrelevant. Retraining was possible, but it seemed daunting to most.
Most newsrooms and classrooms at the time were led by people who had learned their jobs in the pre-Internet era and were not eager to transform themselves into multimedia whizzes. Many seasoned professionals wondered whether journalism was even the same profession it was when they entered it. Very few who became journalists ...
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