Archive for April 7, 2008

Grades (education) matter for journalism (all) students

There is a school of thought that says journalism students should only worry about clips they receive from internships and not about grades. Sure that makes sense if a student is going to work for a newspaper but most students won’t. Most journalism students won’t even work in mainstream media. And, honestly, all students will [...]

What would the perfect j-school curriculum look like?

I want your help deciding what the perfect j-school curriculum would look like. The basics would be a basic intro to journalism course, a reporting course, a copy editing course, a law course and a media ethics course. Also, an internship is required for graduation. After that, we’ll decide what students really need to learn. [...]