Reconstruction of American journalism

Leonard Downie Jr. and Michael Schudson ask a lot of questions throughout their report "The Reconstruction of American Journalism" and one question that particularly grabbed my attention was "Will this contraction continue until newspapers and their news reporting no longer exist?" This question caught my attention because I too have wondered about the future of newspapers. Growing up I always wanted to be a sports columnist for a newspaper, and that is why I am in journalism, but ever since I have heard talk that journalism is dying I worried that I would be unable to fulfill my dream. Now I read and this question pops up. The first line I read made me breathe a sigh of relief, but after continuing on this report says that small town newspapers are not at risk. As for the larger ones they need to find a way to expand by moving their stories to an online paper as well. I feel that to be a sports columnist for a bigger paper it will now have to be online. With less and less people reading papers the business has had to reconstruct new ways to keep them afloat. It seems I will have to do the same.