If you haven't heard about the Notw and the phone hacking scandal then you must have a very active life that does not involve TV, Internet, etc but then, if you do you wouldn't be reading this either.

Anyway...the News of the World is no more.

A joy in the eyes of the many celebrities that may have been hacked and the poor parents of victims such as Milly Dowler and those lost in the war.

Let's make one thing clear - we at Creative Jar are appalled by the phone hacking scandal and the levels a paper goes to just to get a story.

But, what is the bigger picture? For print journalism, journalism in general and other papers.

The advent of bloggers and online magazines mean that anyone can be a writer, it is cheap to run your own 'magazine' and PR people give you free stuff to write nice things about their client's products.

The average person can just tell their story, rather than have to sell it to a paper - an example of this in action was at the recent death of a certain terrorist, a person close by tweeted before it went to the mainstream news channels. Of course, it is obvious that a reporter cannot be everywhere - but will they ever get 'the scoop' again?

Books and magazines won't be replaced and it isn't cost effective to transcribe every book to be accessible online, but it is a sign of the times that people will buy more kindle-type readers and want their news and updates as it happens.

 

Publishers are even closing down print editions and moving them online, which is a real shame for those who love to read a story, flick through a magazine, put it down and pick it up again.  

The question is are bloggers/online editors really the best people to tell you the true story, and is the art of journalism dead?

Let us know your thoughts.