Backpack Journalism Is Here to Stay

Farrah Pappa

Backpack journalism is key in converging journalism at an efficient pace in order to incorporate a smaller labor force. I think that it's essential or at one's best interest to acquire all the necessary skills there are to learn in the journalism field in order to be on top. A journalist can become more self-sufficient and not rely on its peers when trying to meet a deadline. When one is on a tight budget as a reporter it is easier to be able to edit and cut the story then to hire someone else to finish the job. I like the strategies that backpack journalist’s use they are productive and aid in creating the ultimate story. For example, I admired the two methods that backpack journalists use to produce a story, which include a producer-driven story, and a reporter-driven story. I especially favored the process of a producer-driven story because all the different reporters can capture all sorts of ideas and perspectives. It's a bright way of developing a story because not every reporter looks at a topic the same way. When you put a group together to grasp what they feel is important on a subject, you end up with various styles and points of views being represented. Upon obtaining those numerous outlooks, the producer can then pick and choose which ones he feels are significant to the story. By having more reporters scrape up information on the subject, it provides the producer with a variety of styles to choose from when deciding on how to publish or present the story. I personally believe that we need more backpack journalists in the journalism world because it will evolve the journalism field into a resourceful organized career.