Technological advancement occurs every day with more and more of the world population becoming dependent on machines for everyday life. This dependency has caused many major industries such as the newspaper industry to transition to online. This transition is due to a decrease in newspaper sales now that customers are less likely to spend money when they can find free, up to date news online.

While newspapers seem to be disappearing, online news sites are multiplying. Print companies such as Newsweek have discontinued their print editions and completely turned to online. If this trend continues there is a good chance that online journalism will completely take over and print will be something of the past.

Despite the apparent speed and efficiency that online sources have over print, the world will lose several things if the transition is completed. The journalism industry as a whole will be devastated by the loss of jobs that print papers provide. Not all journalists will be able to convert to online media outlets due to job competition and pay cuts. This lack of jobs will lessen interest in journalistic jobs which will result in a decrease in journalism education. Without journalists, there is no journalism. Yes, there is still television. But the trend of internet superiority leads to the assumption that after print news, televised news also will die.

This transition and perception of printed news is being blamed on the youth due to the amount of time young people are known to spend online. But the reason internet dependency is so popular is a result of several contributors other than the youth themselves. Current businesses are now requiring knowledge of online use for employees because of the amount of work now done using the Internet. Because of this requirement, schools across the nation have added classes to teach that knowledge to students in order to prepare them for future jobs. At this point, youth are required to utilize the internet as much as they do.

There are consequences to killing print journalism which will lead to the destruction of media news coverage as a whole. As the public, who control the current internet trend, we have to decide if those consequences are worth it.