The aim of this final pape ris to compare the differences in journalism that contributed to the development of 21st century novelties that change the meaning of journalism and become an important platform for news media. The paper explains the functioning of current social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. It further focuses on how journalism has adapted to inform the audience and how modern journalism functions. Additionally, the thesis compares the differences between previous traditional news reporting and the present one based on the research completed so far. The aim of this paper is to describe the specifics of internet journalism and the technological challenges that today's journalism faces as it does not require only the collection of necessary information but also the knowledge of technology. In addition, the thesis describes the process of making the work of journalists easier and how the collection of data for news has changed over all these years, as well as what relationship the media have with their audience. The modern times have been a great turning point in the gathering and reporting of news, due to which the characteristics of journalists and challenges they face have changed significantly. However, the only thing that has not changed in this modern world are the journalistic principles that every journalist should strive for, this is explained in more detail in the last chapter of the paper.