Just when I thought the news couldn’t become any more advanced, CNN.com has news stories available only in video form, and I don’t like it.

Keeping up with trends is crucial for survival in current, fast-paced times, and the news is no exception. It’s exciting to see news being offered through different outlets like video reporting. If news is offered only through that medium, however, it neglects readers who prefer traditional stories.

Some major news providers use their Web sites to provide video reporting while diverting their attention away from traditional readers.

Several of CNN.com’s top stories of the day are available only as video clips. If I wanted to watch my news, I would turn on the television. I want to read the news stories at my leisure and not attempt to keep up with a news broadcast. When CNN.com has a story only offered as a video, I choose not to watch it and therefore miss out on the story’s content.

I’m simply not prepared to give up the luxury of reading a news story at my own pace,

“I’m not more inclined to watch a news video because news articles aren’t all that long anyway,” said Andrew Taphanand, senior manufacturing engineering technology major.

ABCnews.go.com offers videos with little content. On Nov. 18, the site posted a video of a man diving down a waterfall, and another of a clip of Justin Timberlake dancing with Beyonce and cast members of “SNL.” The politics section of the site, however, offered a video-only link of Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Capitol Hill health care proposal.

News videos are an important resource to those who choose to utilize them. Some footage produces little content, and for some people reading a traditional story is more convenient.

Jeff Klusacek, senior manufacturing engineering technology major, said he reads articles to skim through information rather than sitting through a whole video clip.

“I have always appreciated a good writing style, especially for a news story, and I hate to see that fading away,” said communication instructor Matt Swan.

Still, video journalism is not going away.

“I think it contributes positively because we are becoming a very visual culture. It makes it more accessible to everyone by having news through video,” Swan said.

Sites must be wary of eliminating the accessibility that a print story provides. News is changing at such a quick pace that this consumer can’t necessarily keep up with trends. News sites should be aware of their audience that choose not to view the videos if they truly want to stay accessible to all audiences.