Journalism has constantly been changing since the first broadside. It is not native to how it changes to work with the people. Newspapers were first only available to the rich man and those that could read but now with global schooling newspapers no longer captivate audiences as it once did. People do not wish to walk down to the store and read a newspaper when they could simply walk to their desk and read the daily news via Google. This is simple and inexpensive as compared to the 50 cents and energy spent on a newspaper.

All around the United States, high regarded newspapers such as the Washington Post are slashing salaries and editorial jobs. Many reporters are now contracted for one report at a time and not put on salary. Wall Street pressures journalism due to profit margins, with money going into the newspaper's website instead of into the newspaper! Most newspapers currently have a 20% profit margin and put all that money into the website. However if you put 10-15% into the newspaper you can keep your website up and running. It is very easy and affordable to keep an up to date website with reports, blogs, and comment threads. Newspapers are now having to compete with the Internet for ads and some have even struck deals with Yahoo and are paying for ads to their websites and their unemployment classified ads. With this newspapers are becoming more and more reliable on the Internet and indebted to it. A recent study in 2006 based on large newspaper circulation has shown a eight percent drop in the Los Angeles Times, a 3.3 percent drop in the Washington Post , and a 3.5 percent drop for New York Times. In accordance to this the L.A. Times had to make drastic staff cuts. Google made a ninety-two percent increase however. These sights however have much more credibility than google news due to its better writing staff.