On Technology...

So lately I, too, have been thinking about all this technology and multimedia stuff, so it's funny that the assigment pertains to this. I've been noticing that in this class, we haven't really focused on finding and writing stories, but instead we've spent a lot of time learning about the new outlets of journalism and how to use them. This is a new experience for me, because in my last journalism class (intro newswriting), all we did was work on stories on a weekly basis. I've found myself actually liking what we're doing a lot better.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that electronics truly are the way of the future. My kids, for example, may never even read a newspaper. No one knows yet, but I personally believe that the internet and television will very shortly be the only sources people use for news, if they don't already. If this is the case, then it's lucky I'm in a class right now that is designed to prepare me for that world. I'm not even afraid of it, I'm actually a little excited about it. I've really taken a liking to all things multimedia, and I can totally see why they teach this in colleges now. All the technical stuff, like learning how to use different types of software and hardware, can be a pain, but it's a learning process, like anything else. I think it could only be helpful for us to learn the things that we're learning now.
SO, about my project. I'm on the brink of panic, actually. My original plan of doing a story about the new law in Portsmouth which bans a person from all bars if they get banned from one, seems to be going nowhere. At the time I heard it, it seemed great, it was a hot breaking story. But then I had to remember what class I was in. There really weren't many outlets that would make for a good multimedia story. Then I started thinking about the assignment again, and I came to realize that I may not have had the right idea the whole time. In fact, I still really don't know exactly what these projects are supposed to be, or what they are supposed to do. I thought we were supposed to find some kind of long-running story, something to work on all semester. But then I thought, isn't the most important part of jouranlism timliness? Maybe somebody could shed some light on this for me?