Internet and Amateur Journalism

This is a (mostly) professional website, where I catalogue my clips, experience and job-seeking materials. With that said, I won't go into too many rants or diatribes in this space. But it's been nearly six months since I received a master's degree in magazine, newspaper and online journalism from Syracuse University.
In that half-year, I have yet to find serious work in my profession.
Zip. Zilch. Nada.
The closest I've come is an unpaid internship with one of Utah's leading radio voices, covering BYU football and men's basketball broadcasts "the Voice of the Cougars." While I am grateful for the opportunities this experience has brought me, I would be lying if I said this is what I expected after receiving a master's degree from the No. 1 journalism school in the United States.
Still, I trudge onward — trying to make this field work, and content in the knowledge that people need journalism. (Even if they don't know it)
It's not that there is a lack of newspapers, magazines or websites to showcase my work. On the contrary, the Internet has made those abundant. With a few keystrokes and some moderate knowledge of HTML5, I can create a website in minutes that covers just about anything I would desire. This website was created in a relatively short time, and it's served my needs well.
The problem, then, is how to monetize this effort. The Internet has brought media to the masses. But what it hasn't brought is capitalism. In the new media, everything is free, and no one knows any better because they haven't had to live in a world where "content" is provided at a cost. (On a side note, I hate that word "content" — it makes what I do sound like a mere filler space for posting another ad on the World Wide Web).
I won't pretend to have the answers. A lot more intelligent men and women are working on ways to turn Web and mobile eyeballs into dollar signs. But I do know this current system can't last forever. Indeed, it can't last much longer.
We're on our last leg as journalists. If the industry doesn't find a way to use the Internet for business' sake, then we will need to abandon it altogether as a newsgathering medium — or fall beneath the hand of amateur bloggers and "content providers" who aren't afraid to post something for free.
Until then, I'll keep trudging on. I know the answer is out there. I just hope it isn't out of my own reach.
And I'll even add my own thoughts to the free marketplace of ideas: thoughts on joblessness, the Internet and the future of journalism.
Stay tuned, Webbies.