Masterpiece (Work in Progress)

Focused questions: 
Why has journalism become such a tough business? Is it because newspapers have become obsolete? Or is it because we have evolved into a new technological world? What method of communication is most efficient in today's world? How has the world of news broadcast changed over the years? And how has the way we send, receive, and analyze new information progressed over the years? Are these changes good or bad? How will these changes affect us heading into the future?

Project:

Create something (still working on the idea) that will allow people to communicate with one another in the form of something similar to newspaper columns. The system will be public and free for anyone to post their thoughts. Topics will be free of choice evolving around the idea that people can voice their opinion similar to how columnist voice theirs in popular newspapers or magazines. 

Note- I'm thinking something along the lines of maybe like a website, or something more effective to project the articles.

Goal:

From this project, the goal would be to create an interconnected base of writers in order to bounce not only ideas, but create something bigger through the use of the basic system I will be creating. 

Why?

I want to major in writing, communications, journalism, or broadcast in college. Everything in this writing field i find highly interesting. But when i first started developing my interests, i found it hard to gather enough information about what i 'thought' i liked in order to decide on a major for college. I want this system to bring other people who went, or are still going through, the struggles I had. Because newspapers are not nearly as popular as they once were, this website could be extremely helpful in advancing knowledge about current events in the world (or just about anything you could think of since the articles are a free for a all range of topics). Because technology has become woven into our everyday lives on so many different levels, this project could combine everything from news updates, picture galleries, to games. All through the use of other writers being passionate and sharing there ideas.