Transitions: A qualitative study of broadcast journalists in a changing media landscape

Media change. Although television never replaced radio and the Internet has not replaced television, those media have evolved in the face of a new and richer medium. And as media change broadcast journalists need to change. This research takes a qualitative look at how broadcast journalists adapt to a new medium. It focuses on the pioneers: those who went from radio to television in the early days of television and those who went from broadcast journalism to news and information on the Internet in current times.; This research uses the long interview methodology to determine how these pioneers made the transition to a new medium and why they elected to do so. The results of this research have implications for the way broadcast journalists need to approach their craft in order to survive and thrive in a new medium. This research also has important implications for the way universities teach journalism in the current shifting media environment.