Mojo. Info center. New media. Social networking. Content rotation.

When you hear these terms week after week, you’re tempted to pull out a game card and yell, 'Bingo!' at some point.

Buzzwords aside, convergence is the future of journalism. Print isn’t dead. Broadcast isn’t dead. They’re evolving into something else. Both are working together to take advantage of what the Internet offers, so there is a crossover between the two media.

When I started taking classes at Kent State for my journalism degree three years ago, I hadn’t even heard of the term media convergence. Now I’m editor of one of the only converged student newsroom in the country.

Change is a constant, I’ve learned, so I’m always making sure I’m ready to adapt. While I am primarily a writer, I am developing my photo and video shooting and editing skills.

Considering the way the world of print journalism is transforming, it’s important to keep up with the necessary abilities.

I’m looking for a job, or at least an internship that will turn into a job. From classes, research and internship interviews, employers are looking for people who can do it all.

But, at this point, it seems that as long as you are at least Web-minded and focused on getting the story out to the public in whichever format is best, employers are willing do train you, to an extent.

In other words, all the time I spent in high school and college developing my reporting and writing was only the beginning. I’m going to end up doing the work of someone who would need majors in newspaper, broadcast and maybe even electronic media productions. Four more years, right?

I’m far from complaining. I can only imagine what it’s like for the print reporters who have been in the business for years now. While I’m sure there are few, if any, who still prefer to report on an old Royal or Smith-Corona, it’s going to be a similar transition.

This is my generation’s media revolution. Journalists aren’t running into phone booths with a pocket full of coins to call in a story they’ll pound out on a typewriter to make the morning edition.

They’re calling their editors on their cell phones in between sending their story and photos on their laptop from a local WiFi zone.

This is not my grandparents’ journalism. This isn’t my parent’s journalism. This won’t be my kids’ or grandkids’ journalism either. I can’t begin to fathom what might develop within the next few decades.

More emphasis on user-submitted content? More interactive graphics on Web sites? The newsroom’s evolution into more of a concept, connected only by servers?

The world of journalism has always been fast paced: fires, robberies, politics and scandals. We’re used to that. Now our world has been turned inside out, and we’re just trying to keep up with our ideas. It’s all about being open to change.