Ourblook.com-The Future of Journalism

In class, we had a wonderful Skype interview with Sandra Ordonez. She explained that this was somewhat of a "baby" website, seeing as how it is only approximately 2 years old, essentially started when "blogging" became popular. The intentions and purposes of ourblook.com are to allow users to see what models could/and are used in the journalism world. 

Living in such a fast pace world can be difficult sometimes, with new media appearing everywhere we look. However, ourblook.com provides students and aspiring journalists with opportunities to get a hands on experience with newer technologies and social networking devices. It not only helps build the web skills that are quite pertinent in the journalism and media world, but also gives students a chance to read real life blogs and advice from successful journalists who once were in the exact same place.

When asked to define hyper-local, Sandra went into an in depth definition about what exactly this term means involving the community. She explained that we have drifted away from what newspapers "use to be" and are trying to revert back to the old ways of classic news, which revolves around community stories, with some tid-bits of big world news. 

In simple terms, hyper-local acts as a mirror to the community.  

Overall, it was an interesting interview, and humorously convenient that we interviewed over Skype (a relatively new virtual chat system) considering that the topics discussed consisted of practice using new media. I think that technology is the future of journalism, and although newspapers aren't out of style yet, we will come to find that more and more news will be broadcast via world wide web.