Features of development of the profession of a journalist in the context of digital technologies

The information revolution that began more than thirty years ago in the form of the use of digital technologies, which is happening at an incredibly high pace, is changing the usual directions of human activity. This, undoubtedly, applies to the journalistic profession, more than representatives of other professions associated with receiving, processing, and disseminating information flows. The article highlights the main trends in the development of this profession in the modern world in relation to Russia. It is noted, in particular, that the introduction into journalism of the latest achievements of scientific and technical progress in the field of information technology has led to the disappearance of traditional newspaper and magazine genres such as essays and feuilletons in the media, and at the same time there is a simplification and reduction in the volume of textual texts. journalistic materials by expanding audio and video content, and this process is objective.