For a couple hundred years, the only way you could get news was by reading a newspaper or talking to the town gossip. Then radio news came along, and everyone said, “Oh, no, newspapers are going to die.” (They didn’t.) Then television news came along, and everyone said, “Oh no, newspapers are going to die.” (They didn’t.)
Then, the Internet came along, and everyone said, “Oh no, newspapers are going to die.” (Some people – politicians who don’t like being questioned or local folks who thought their newspaper was biased in the wrong direction – said, “Yippee! Newspapers are going to die!” They didn’t.)
And now we have social media, and everyone is saying, “Oh no, newspapers are going to die.” (They haven’t, though some aren’t doing too hot.)
A young reporter will tell you why she thinks the traditional news medium still matters, and how she uses it and the new media to give people the information they need and the stories they want to read.
Bio
Christina Kristofic is an award-winning reporter for The Intelligencer in Doylestown, Pa.
The Intelligencer is the oldest newspaper in Southeastern Pennsylvania. (Yes, it’s older than The Inquirer – by about 25 years or so.) Along with its sister paper, The Bucks County-Courier Times, The Intelligencer provides the most comprehensive coverage of Bucks and Eastern Montgomery counties. Christina covers government and schools in Doylestown and the neighboring municipalities. To help in her reporting, Christina maintains a strong presence in social media.
Christina has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Grove City College, where she also studied psychology and French. (Please don’t try to speak to her in French; she’s tried to forget as much of the language as she can.) She expects to earn a certificate in editing from Temple University before the conference.