The interesting thing, I thought, was that the article mainly targeted the local newscast stations the ones most hit by all of this. Most relevant to us, as upcoming news journalists/anchors is that the claim was made stating that there will not be anymore anchors that grow old with the audience, according to Ernie Bjorkman, who was just released from KWGN after 36 years. So what does this mean for the upcoming anchors? Can't we just see a new crew of anchors come in that will last the next 30 years? Or do you really think that we'll constantly see a flux of anchors come and go constantly?
In my opinion, the constant coming and going will only help the news industry to stay on their toes and keep making the news different. It's just one more way that the news will prevent itself from taking on the same reporting style day in and day out. Who knows? Maybe, the news will just get that much more interesting. I'm sure the anchors whose salary depend on this process say otherwise though.
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I think it is interesting how Ernie Bjorkman believes that the news anchors will no longer grow old with their audience and that they will be replaced with younger anchors. I will take a wild stab in the dark to say that we will see an increase in plastic surgery with anchors so that they will remain looking young and hold onto their jobs. With the "dying" news industry, why are we still here trying to break into the news industry? The only way we will survive this is with passion.
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