Backpack Journalism

It’s true that the backpack journalism trend may mean that for the next 10 or so years, the news we consume will look less than perfect. The video packages may not be edited with the same precision and the photos may not possess the same artistic quality, but in terms of content, backpack journalism will provide the public with 10 times what they were getting from traditional news stories  To suggest, that backpack journalists yield mediocre work or that this shift is in injustice to news consumers, well that's absurd.  Regardless of its attention to insignificant details, news in the future will be more comprehensive, more complete and ultimately more effective.