Despite the fact that a trip to The Miami Herald was more like a trip to the airport with all the security, it is truly an eye-opening experience to witness a real newsroom. All around this floor people are huddled tightly to their computers working on stories, layouts and discussing issues. On the surface it would appear to be a typical office setting where individuals are hard at work to compile a daily print newspaper- well not exactly. Along the walls of this giant floor are two radio studios, a continuous news desk for online, and a construction site soon to be a television studio. New media has essentially forced the print people to get with the program. The most intriguing of all is the continuous news desk that has a person keeping watch and updating The Miami Herald website non-stop from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. That's right people, just a few hours shy of 24/7. This is what should be expected in the media world that is 2008, but nonetheless to see it in person is a completely different story. A visit to The Miami Herald provides a true outlook on what the future of journalism will be, and man is it diverse!
Above photo of The Miami Herald office shows desks next to the radio studios.
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