http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/02/29/todays-thought-tenure-for-journalism-professors/ Random musings from a technologist Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/02/29/todays-thought-tenure-for-journalism-professors/comment-page-1/#comment-2454 Ginny Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:38:19 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=196#comment-2454 Interesting thought. I hear where you're coming from when you say tenured professors could be holding back j-school programs b/c they may not be as inclined to brush up on what's new. But, in theory, shouldn't they be dedicating themselves to finding and staying up with the latest trends? It's funny, b/c I graduated from J-school in 2003, and we weren't even taught to use Google. There were some talks of convergence with the student newspaper and student produced TV news, but no one really seemed to think that was a good idea (I mean, why would print people need to know how to use a camera or speak on TV). Guess it would have been cool if some profs in my j-school were more focused on the future of journalism and trends, then on teaching the tried and trued methods from days gone by. Interesting thought. I hear where you’re coming from when you say tenured professors could be holding back j-school programs b/c they may not be as inclined to brush up on what’s new. But, in theory, shouldn’t they be dedicating themselves to finding and staying up with the latest trends? It’s funny, b/c I graduated from J-school in 2003, and we weren’t even taught to use Google. There were some talks of convergence with the student newspaper and student produced TV news, but no one really seemed to think that was a good idea (I mean, why would print people need to know how to use a camera or speak on TV). Guess it would have been cool if some profs in my j-school were more focused on the future of journalism and trends, then on teaching the tried and trued methods from days gone by.

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