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Whendoyoureadnewspaper?Doyouenjoyreadingnewspapersittingintheurinalwhen
informationalmedia.Theyareoldmediawhichhashadabout200yearshistorysince1830s
yougotothetoiletinthemorning?Ifnot,theninthesubwayonyourwaytoschool?Ifitnot
and the main media among journalism. Keen comments, photos, news, and opinions are
so,doyoueverreadthenewspaperatall?Isnewspaperstillessentialinthemodernsociety?
mixedinanewspaper.Soitisportableandwhenweopenit,wecanseealltheinformationat
Journalists say that in recent days, the newspaper industry is in chaos because of several
onetime.Mostofall,itservesissuestodiscusswithpeople.Differentwithothermediasuch
reasons.Ontheoccasionofthe“NewspaperDay”onApril7,TheArgusdecidedtofindout
asportalsite’snewsorfreenewspaper,newspapersmakespeoplehaveseriousjournalhabits
moreaboutnewspaper’spastandfuture.
through reading and discussing. Entertainment-centered news make people lose interests
about critical concerning matters. Exclusion of political weight makes vest rights that are
Crisisofnewspapers
possible to determine the policy as their own mind. For these reasons, there is a need for
“Today, major newspapers have retreated to a state of becoming a wholesale company
newspapers’journalisticcharacter.”
which sells its articles to minor newspapers or internet news site,” said a reporter, who
transferredhisworkplacefromadailynewspapertoaninternetportalsite.Hefeelsthathe
YoonIn-wan(J-05)
madearightchoice.Whatisthesituationofnewspapersthesedays?IncaseofHankyorehit
stoodoutinsharpcontrastwithmajornewspaperssuchasChosun,JungangandDongaIlbo.
However,morerecently,thedeteriorationofitsfinancialsituationmadeitmoredifficultto
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operate the business and key staff members who have been with the firm since its
establishmentareleaving.Majornewspapershavealsolosttheirconvictiononthevalueand
“I
’msoimpressedbythefreshnessoftheuniversityorientation.Itis
quality of good journalism. In case of France, an international authoritative newspaper, Le
completelydifferentfromsociallife,”saidYoonIn-wan(J-05),who
Monde’samountoflossreachedto25millioneurointheyear2003.Tosolvethecrisisof
is a freshman in the department of Japanese and a story writer who
financialdifficulty,itattractedforeigncapitalsuchasSpanishmediagroupPrisaandFrance
created stories of various comics, including the famous “Island” and
journal interests La garedere on March. Liberation, which is somewhat the left siding
“Munsu 2004.” He is also famous as one of the main authors. He has
newspaperalsostartednegotiatingwithEdouarddeRethschild.Soirhadoncesoldoverone
stretched his working territory to Japan, the so-called comic kingdom.
millioncopiesadayinthe1950sbutnowitsdailysellingamounthasdroppedtoamere70
Especially,“Munsu2004”wasanimatedinJapanwithJapanesedirector
thousandadaynow.ThecompanyhasbeensoldtoaEgyptianmillionaire.LeFigarohas
and staffs upon the opportunity that it won popularity when it was
been keeping its margin but recently it has also been sold to the aviation conglomerate.
exported. It also gained public favor in Korea, and his other work
AccordingtotheAmericanPressAssociation,duringOctober2004,dailyeditiondecreased
“Island”isgoingtobeproducedasafilmalso.
from4.82billionto4.77billionwhichisequivalentto0.9%reduction.Inthenation’softop
He has wanted to work in the field of comic since he was a middle
50 markets, the rate of reading newspaper dropped from 53.4 to 52.8 in 6 months. The
schoolstudent,sohedecidedtogotoatechnicalhighschoolthatcould
subscriptionrateforSundayeditiondecreasedfrom62to61.2percent.
havemorefreetimethananacademichighschool.Whenhewasahigh
ThefirstKoreancivilnewspaperDokripsinmun.
school student, he was a follower under a famous writer. He enjoyed
GoodsamplesovercomingcrisisandAlternativeplanforimproving
learning to write story rather than studying in the high school. “It was
WorldAssociationofNewspapersrecognizestheseriousnessofthemarketsituation,and
preciousformetospendtimelearninganimation,soIthoughtthatthe
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has tried to establish reports to overcome it. The last 57th general meeting was held in
timeinschoolwasnotmeaningful,”herecalled. Aftergraduatingfrom
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innovationforsurvival.GazetaWyborczaofPolandwasawardedthefirstprizeasagood
successinthefield.“Atthattime,ItookitforgrantedthatIwoulddo
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newspaper, Gazeta having the main office in Warszawa holds basic rules. “Its editing
workrelatedtocomic.WhenIthinkofitnow,thatwasariskyadventure.
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principalisservingnotonlyobjectiveinformationbutalsoanattitudetoparticipateforthe
IfIwereinthesamesituationnow,Iwouldn’tthinkIcandothesame
society which is basic in democracy. Especially the latter gave the reader trust on the
again,”heremarkedrecallingatthetime.
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newspaper. In addition, Gazeta is unexampled. Its first page is always filled with amazing
However,thisyearhehasjumpedintoanotherbigadventure,startinga
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Likethe exampleabove,itisneededofcurrentsurrounding.“Atfirst,analyzingreaders
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Yoon In-wan asserted that he would like to improve his general
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knowledgewhileheisattendingHUFS,insteadofjusttakingthecredits.
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“Iwanttolearnlotsofknowledgeformeintheuniversity.Iknowthatit
willnotbeeasyformyworktogosidebysidewithstudy,butIbelieveI
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canmanageit,”hesaidwithsmile.
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Also, of course, he has ambition to study Japanese. He has visited
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Japanfrequentlyfor5yearsduetohisbusiness.Sincehewasbusywith
his work last year, he lived there for a year. “I was always with my
Changesinsellingcopiesofnewspaperintheworld.
secretary interpreter whenever I worked with the Japanese staffs.
Nevertheless,Iusedtofeelthelimitincommunication.TheInterpreter
Thereasonforthesituation
conveyedjustthefacts,notfeelingsoremotionsthatwereincludedinthe
Atfirst,theemergenceofthenewmediahasthreatenedexistingnewspapercompanies.TV
language.Itfeltliketheconversationwasamixtureofoilandwater,”he
and Radio offer vivid news to viewers and listeners. PC and PDA are portable, so it is
said.SohedecidedtolearnJapaneseandstartedtostudythelanguagea
possible to check out updated news anywhere. In particular, independent newspapers on
yearagowhenhestayedinJapan.
internetsuchasOhmynewsandPressiangrewataremarkablespeedasKoreastrengthened
Moreover, he was interested in Japanese history and culture. He said
its position as an information and technology powerhouse. We cannot find special type of
thatJapanesepeople,whomhemetduringhisone-year-lifeinJapan,had
newspapers in other countries. What is noteworthy is that such “alternative journalism”
a lot of knowledge about Korea more than Koreans think. “They learn
attracts civil participation as a type of “guerilla” and make communication counter-
Korean history in school so far as the era of Three States. Futhermore,
interaction. And second, economical statue of the world effects financial difficulty.
peoplearelotsofinterestedinKoreawiththeHallyuFever.”Herecalled
Newspaper management is kept up with payment selling newspaper itself and advertising
afterheappliedtoenterHUFS,hewassatisfiedwiththecurriculumof
revenue.Fallingdownoftherateofreaderandextortionofadvertisingtoothermediahave
theJapanesedepartmentonaccountofthevariousclassesaboutJapanese
GazetawasawardedthefirstprizeasagoodnewspaperfromWAN.
deepenedcrisis.Furthermore,diffusionoffreenewspapersthatarehandedoutinpublicgave
cultureandsociety.
thereaderthoughtsthatnewspaperisfreeofcharge.Forlast,thepublicconfidenceisgetting
andstrengtheningserviceareessential.AsliketheU.S.’sReadershipInstitute,auniontobe
Hesaidthathisworkwouldhaveasmallchangethreeyearslater.Now
lowcomparedwithbefore.Commentaryinnewspaperservestherightviewtoseethesociety
responsibleatthepartissincere.InKorea,controllingreadersaredealtinbranchofficesnot
hedoeshisworkmonthly,butlater,hewillbeprintinghisworkoncea
correctly. However, in case of Korea, newspaper is related with the political issue, people
the head office. it makes management not clear. And then, various newspapers which can
week.“Indaystocome,IwanttoliveinJapanoncemoreandwritethe
doubttheleveloftrust.
have diverse view points are needed. For them, monopolistic and oligopoly have to be
dialogs in Japanese by myself, without any translator. And if I have a
sublated.Forsimilarreasons,inequalitybetweenmediahastobedissolvedwithreasonable
chance,Iwouldliketobeadirector.SoIwillcontrolthestorywhichI
The“NewspaperDay” andmeaningofnewspaper
politics on media. Most of all, offering professional and faithful news will be the best
wrote,”heexpressedhisdream.
April 7 is the Newspaper Day. The day was established in 1957 to celebrate the 61th
resolution.Besides,thereadersroleisimportant,itisnecessaryforthereaderstosublatesoft
Healsohasaspecialexpectationofhisnewlifeinuniversitybesides
anniversaryoftheestablishmentof“Dokripsinmun,”thefirstnon-governmentalnewspaper
entertainment news and have to keep in mind of sincere and critical interests on serious
studying.“IhadthefeelingthatIwastiredofsociallifeandrelationship
inKorea.InthefirstanniversaryfortheNewspaperDay,theyannouncednewspaper’smoral
journals,”KimYoun-ukcommented.
withotherpeople,andthatIwaslosingcreativenessthat’sessentialinmy
planksandgavemedalstoforeignjournalistswhowerekilledintheKoreanWar.Afterthen,
job.Ihopetobeencouragedbyfreshcampuslife.I’mlookingforwardto
eachnewspaperstoppedprintingissuesforthedayandheldeventsforaweek.
feelingthecreativenessandyouthofHUFSansaswellasstudying,”he
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Kim Young-uk, a research fellow of Media Research Team of Korea Press Foundation,
addedinafullvoice.
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explained about the meaning of newspaper. “At first, newspapers played roles as a multi-
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