The Challenges of Print Media Journalism in the Digital Era

M. Yoserizal Saragih (State Islamic University of North Sumatera (UINSU), Medan)
Ali Imran Harahap (State Islamic University of North Sumatera (UINSU), Medan)

Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences
Vol 3, No 1 (2020): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute February

This study aims to analyze the challenges of print media journalism in the digital era. The development of online media has now become a threat to newspapers and print media. The rapid development of the internet has encouraged people to access online media easily through mobile phones, or gadgets. Print media are in danger of being threatened, and loyal readers of print media are likely to turn to online media. The results shows that the biggest challenge of journalists in the digital information era is synonymous with the competition between media mainstream and new media in this case online media. The party who felt a significant impact with the presence of online media was journalism which of course already had a new channel to spread information and news.