Non-existent?
Generally, I don't spend much time on my computer. Of course, there's email and facebook but beyond that being on a computer typically means working and being indoors - two things I actively try to avoid.
I suppose another reason I've never really explored multimedia is my outdated (?) love of traditional mediums: newspapers and books. My freshman year I began my news habit, reading the Boston Globe daily. Over time, I switched to the New York Times but continue to sit each and every day with a paper and read as much as possible.
I love the news. I admire both its power and importance to our way of life, and I've always seen newspapers as the vanguards of the industry. I believe newspapers deliver articles that feature the best writing and most thorough research - plus, I just like carrying the news around with me and reading from a printed page.
However, the time to let go is nearing.
The same stories that appear in the New York Times printed copy are available online; updated and download-ready twenty-four hours a day. News on the internet is convenient, often free, has much greater flexibility (multimedia) than print or television journalism, and every day more and more people turn to it instead of picking up a newspaper.
So, if my love and admiration for the news is to continue and turn into a career my stubbornness can't continue any longer. The three years of resisting ditching my paper for my laptop is over - it's time for me to embrace multimedia.
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