MSM Steven Levy

Steven Levy, author of “hackers” and “in the plex”, joined Cronkite students this Monday to discuss his experiences working as a business journalist. Business journalism encompasses many different topics including foreign affairs, economics and technology. This specific field of journalism is booming right now with the recent economic crisis and release of continually evolving tech gadgets. Levy reported on the tech industry by getting inside of their corporations early. He met with Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, before the company’s big break to propose the idea of writing a story on the up and coming Macintosh computer.  Levy said, Job’s agreed under one condition, if the article would be on the cover of Rolling Stone, the magazine Levy was writing for. I found it extremely interesting to hear of the evolution of the topic of Technology in journalistic writing.  Levy discussed how in the beginning tech articles were mostly covered by hobbyist magazines. The transition from hobbyist magazines to news publications legitimized the genera in the Journalism world.  Being from a generation that has grown up with technology as a part of everyday life, I can’t imagine the world of journalism without tech being a part of the mix. Technology is not going anywhere and will continue to evolve. This constant evolution provides huge opportunities for young journalist.