Archive for April, 2008
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. [...]
Veteran journalists aren’t behind j-students
Conventional wisdom would have you believe that veteran journalists are screwed when it comes to multimedia and online journalism. Recent grads and students will begin taking over all the jobs, and veteran journalists, with outdated skills, will be left out. That makes sense, but it is wrong. In a perverse and often baffling set of [...]
Did your internships pay?
Mindy McAdams has a post about how many journalism internships don’t pay, yet internships are a requirement for employment at most journalism companies. I want to know how many internships you had during college, what industry they were in and if they paid or not. I had three internships during college: My first was at [...]
Today’s Thought: Journalists, think different
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t [...]
Less for more probably doesn’t sell
Would you be willing to pay more for a product that is becoming less useful and smaller? That’s what many newspapers have been asking readers to do. It’s no secret that newspapers have been cutting sections, reducing the size of newsprint and reducing the number of pages in sections. All of this amounts to a [...]
Goodbye glory years
That’s a very depressing, yet accurate portrait of what is happening right now. Many print veterans will find themselves without jobs in the coming years. If you’re a page designer, or some other position explicitly tied to print, start learning new skills immediately. Best of luck to everyone. We’ll need it.