Where is Journalism Going:Did Michael Wolff find the answer?

Michael Wolff believes he found the answer to the evolving form of journalism: Newser. In a CNBC interview, Wolff attributes his Web site to the fact that no one wants to read long newspapers anymore. Thus, his website offers a short form of news stories that would be found normally in other news sources such as The New York Times, Time, and Associate Press. Wolff said though, “people do not just want to read the New York Times anymore.”

I agree with Mr. Wolff. As GEN Y continues to take over technology, people are looking to have everything they want as quickly and efficiently as possible. People are learning to love things in condensed models, for instance the iPod that continues to shrink, and cell phones that once were as large as a regular home phone.

To be able to go to a website like Newser makes it very easy to receive your news for the day in a couple of minutes.

But not all agree with the site.

Take Gawker.com for instance. Choire Sicha, managing editor of Gawker then said:

It’s the dullest thing I’ve seen all day, and I’ve been staring into a jar of pennies for the last half hour.

Newser lacks professional journalistic style. Who are the editors for the site? They remain anonymous. So how can we find such a site trustworthy? Other bloggers agree.

Wolff is a entrepreneur that is looking for his big shot at making something go big. Newser might have a lot of buzz around it, but it doesn’t mean the website will remain stable.

Aggregators decide what is important on Newser? I mean let’s be serious, not everyone has the same exact idea of what news is important to them.

If Wolff really wants to make a big mark on the technologically savvy world, he would be better off working with other news sources and having them write shortened columns for his right. As of now, his new ‘invention’ wont last for too long. The website is nothing more than what you can get on Google News. One message to Wolff, journalism will never die.