By: MIRIAM CAMP
Edited by: CHARI SUTHERLAND
Although students at the University of Georgia use new media to get national news they still grab the old fashion newspaper on campus.
The Red and Black has been able to keep their readership with all the new technology available, but editor Carolyn Crist admits that students at UGA pick up the paper, because it is available, on their way to class.
Crist said that students may only get the paper for the crossword puzzle and because it is easy to flip through the six to eight pages.
Barry Hollander, associate professor of journalism at UGA, agrees that students grab The Red and Black because, “it’s free and in their face and hard to avoid.” He admits that the paper can be more interesting to students then the lecture they have to sit through. Hollander also stated that The Red and Black keeps readership numbers up by keeping it free and focusing on their audience. Since the writers are part of their audience’s demographic they have an advantage.
Crist, the 21- year- old editor from Newnan, Ga., said that The Red and Black Web site can receive hits from all over the world for various reasons such as study abroad students or when a national news event occurs in Athens, Ga.
“In the last two years we have definitely seen an increase to hits online,” she said.
Bridget Mailley, a 20-year-old UGA student, does not have a Twitter account and does not think that new technology has harmed the news industry. Big news organizations such as CNN using Twitter seems unprofessional to Mailley.
Mailley, a senior from Athens, Ga. studying international affairs, said she reads news, “less than I should.” When she does get news she turns to online newspapers such as The New York Times or BBC. She also grabs a copy of The Red and Black on campus, because it is free and convenient.
In the future, Mailley said she would consider paying for a subscription to a paper before she would think about buying an individual paper.
Mailley said she watched the Obama election online and when she heard from a friend that Michael Jackson had died, she looked up the story online.
Jeffords, a telecommunications major from Marietta, Ga., said she gets news daily using her AOL homepage news headlines when she is online.
Like Mailley, Chelsea Jeffords, 19-year-old sophomore, does not have a Twitter account. She said that she does not think new technology has harmed the news industry, because blogs and Twitter cannot bring in revenue like print media.
Hollander does not believe that UGA students use Twitter in large numbers. “The Facebook news feed almost makes Twitter redundant,” Hollander said.
Mailley said she thinks newspapers will be out of print in the next 10 years. Jeffords disagrees. “I’m going to say no, because I hope not,” she said.
Edited by: CHARI SUTHERLAND
Although students at the University of Georgia use new media to get national news they still grab the old fashion newspaper on campus.
The Red and Black has been able to keep their readership with all the new technology available, but editor Carolyn Crist admits that students at UGA pick up the paper, because it is available, on their way to class.
Crist said that students may only get the paper for the crossword puzzle and because it is easy to flip through the six to eight pages.
Barry Hollander, associate professor of journalism at UGA, agrees that students grab The Red and Black because, “it’s free and in their face and hard to avoid.” He admits that the paper can be more interesting to students then the lecture they have to sit through. Hollander also stated that The Red and Black keeps readership numbers up by keeping it free and focusing on their audience. Since the writers are part of their audience’s demographic they have an advantage.
Crist, the 21- year- old editor from Newnan, Ga., said that The Red and Black Web site can receive hits from all over the world for various reasons such as study abroad students or when a national news event occurs in Athens, Ga.
“In the last two years we have definitely seen an increase to hits online,” she said.
Bridget Mailley, a 20-year-old UGA student, does not have a Twitter account and does not think that new technology has harmed the news industry. Big news organizations such as CNN using Twitter seems unprofessional to Mailley.
Mailley, a senior from Athens, Ga. studying international affairs, said she reads news, “less than I should.” When she does get news she turns to online newspapers such as The New York Times or BBC. She also grabs a copy of The Red and Black on campus, because it is free and convenient.
In the future, Mailley said she would consider paying for a subscription to a paper before she would think about buying an individual paper.
Mailley said she watched the Obama election online and when she heard from a friend that Michael Jackson had died, she looked up the story online.
Jeffords, a telecommunications major from Marietta, Ga., said she gets news daily using her AOL homepage news headlines when she is online.
Like Mailley, Chelsea Jeffords, 19-year-old sophomore, does not have a Twitter account. She said that she does not think new technology has harmed the news industry, because blogs and Twitter cannot bring in revenue like print media.
Hollander does not believe that UGA students use Twitter in large numbers. “The Facebook news feed almost makes Twitter redundant,” Hollander said.
Mailley said she thinks newspapers will be out of print in the next 10 years. Jeffords disagrees. “I’m going to say no, because I hope not,” she said.
UGA student, Mary Catherine Kinney, 21, from Albany, Ga., checks her Twitter account from her Blackberry phone.
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