The End of Printed Journalism By: Shatovia Irvings

Should newspaper publications become extinct?

Dannie White and Walter Gentle are two people I feel have very different opinions. I felt that interviewing two people with different perspectives, I may get two different feelings based on this subject.

Dannie White is a 16 year old high school student who attends CPEHS. Dannie grew up in the Bronx ever since he could remember, he said, “Well I moved to Harlem during the summer of ’07.” Dannie also said, “I’m planning on going to ST. Johns Virginia University, or probably a CUNY,” when asked what colleges does he believe he would want to attend. He stated, “Well mostly everybody I grew up around where older than me, I was always the young one out of everybody.” He also mentioned “they were very competitive and they broke the rules from time to time, but I managed to not follow that road,” when told to describe the people he grew up with. When asked how you would describe your best friend he said, ‘he’s really funny, he scratches my back and I scratch his back, but I haven’t kept in touch with him lately.”
Dannie White stated he thinks news should be published in the paper because some people don’t have a computer and it would probably be easy to go to a local store and just pick up a newspaper for maybe a dollar.” When asked if he would read news more in the paper or online he stated, ‘in the paper because the paper is just a classic.” He added, “Online won’t be a good thing because the internet now days are way too high tech for everybody to understand, old people love their news but weren’t born around a time to learn to use computers.” He also stated “that’s different.” He said “a newspaper might not be a good thing because they cut down trees to produce them and the environment is already not that good.” He said, “the paper would be more professional then online because it had been around for so long, and it keeps getting better and better.” But when asked which is more convenient he stated “both are reliable because both inform you on different events.” When asked different events like what he stated news. He said the way he feels about the newspaper going extinct is, “it would be a waste of time being invented threw the ages, the paper was the first way to know about the world.”

Walter Gentle is a 17 year old 11th grader who attends Brandies High School said his favorite color is red. He grew up in Yonkers, the Bronx, Jersey, Philly, and Harlem. At the moment he doesn’t know what college he wants to attend. He described his family growing up as loving and caring and his friends are people he always wanted to follow. He described his best friend as funny, loving, smart, pretty, and aggressive.
Walter Gentle said “yes it would be better to publish the paper online because of spell check and all that good stuff the computer does. It does all that and you don’t have to.” He said he would rather read the news from the paper then online because he might not want to log on to ESPN on his laptop. He also mentioned online might not be a good thing because you can get side tracked and/or spammed. When asked, why the paper might not be a good thing, he stated, “because you can spill your coffee on it and you won’t be able to read the good stuff.” He said the paper would be more professional because it shows you less lazy then reading it online. He also said, “a computer or laptop would be more convenient then a paper because you can’t lose it.” When asked how he felt about the newspaper being extinct he thought there would be no more toilet paper, but when I explained he said, “I’m going to be upset because when I get 92 I wanna sit and read a paper. That was my goal, and I can’t take my computer in the bathroom and I’m not going to know how to use a computer at 92.” He also added that he would be able to take a laptop either because they won’t be any Wi-Fi in his bathroom.
Apparently both people have two very different opinions based on the paper being extinct. I feel that it wouldn’t be a very big help with the internet because not everyone can get the internet like others. A cell phone would be reliable, but not everyone has a cell phone. People need to think about others and not just the advancement of technology. If the paper doesn’t go extinct then I feel the paper will be the only thing that technology didn’t take over.