“The traditional path of a journalism career has clearly shifted. In the past, a journalism student would learn about being a newspaper reporter, then take a job at a small-town paper, eventually moving up to a medium and then larger paper. Now, the reporter might launch a blog, an audio podcast or video reports as a one-person operation, handling editorial and business duties simultaneously.” — Mark Glaser, MediaShift.

Media is shifting. J-school and journalists need to shift with it, or else journalism school will just become a bunch of history classes.

(Yes this originally appeared in another post, but I think it’s a distinct thought too, worth discussing on its own)