Where is the Media?

Today I saw a tweet (post on Twitter) from David Gregory of Meet The Press. It said to join him on the Meet The Press website for a "live" conversation. I thought cool, think I'll join in. I did and even though I didn't put in anything major, I did ask a question, hit submit, and presto, there was David with a response. Now I can't tell you how many times I've watch MTP and wanted to scream, ask a question, or just say "what are you thinking".

This lead me to my topic of today. "Where is the Media" or better yet, where is it going. Things are changing so rapidly. David Gregory even made a unbelievable statement when asked for advice for someone who wanted to go into television journalism. David said "go to school to study history and stay on top of the most current events" I may be paraphrasing some but that was the general statement. I'm thinking wow, the media is changing at such a rapid pace that you shouldn't even go into college for it.

Where will television media be in a couple years? What about print journalism which has already took a big hit? With all the buzz about social media, where will we be? As soon as I post this blog there will be something new created.

Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and the oldie Myspace have changed how we get information. For Twitter there are probably hundreds of applications that work with Twitter. I have been using Twitter Grader (http://twitter.grader.com/) to see how I'm doing on Twitter. I scored a 91 out of 100, by the way. Crazy huh? It is the same with other applications too. There are applications like www.ping.fm that update all your social media or blogs with one post. I have a new Facebook/Twitter/Linked In friend who has an online radio blog. How cool is that? She is good and enjoys it.

Now here's the other question of the day. How do we distinguish between real journalist or just the average Joe posting any and everything? I smell another website, "Credible Online Media Sources". There may already be one, I don't know. I have seen a lot of people who claim to be Social Media Experts. I have even called myself a Social Media Guru but that's only because I enjoy it and know more than maybe the average person. I don't even claim to know everything or call myself an expert.

I'm just raising the question. It is exciting to me but the older generation more than likely hates the changes. What about all the people in a career already in print or television who have to rethink their future. It's tough and I do hate that part. So answer this, "where is the media at right now? Where will it be in 2 years?