Revamped US Journalism Courses Attract Students September 27, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentFrom the Chronicle of HE (Katherine Mangan):
“Many universities report that journalism enrollments are up this year. Over the past few weeks, a lot of these budding journalists have been blogging, broadcasting, and tweeting their way through introductory courses that have been revamped to embrace the digital age.
Applications to Columbia University’s master-of-science program in journalism rose 44 percent, to 1,181, for the class entering this fall, and an investigative-journalism specialty drew more than twice as many applications this year than last year, up from 54 in 2008 to 121 this year.
Elsewhere, applications to master’s programs were up 30 percent at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 25 percent at the University of Maryland at College Park, and 24 percent at Stanford University.”
Here’s 40 Reasons to Still Study Journalism | SocialButterfly June 26, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentAlexandra Rampy's good reasons to study journalism:??"I still encourage perspective students and recent grads to continue in the field of journalism. To provide evidence as to why and to help spread hope in the journalism field, I write this letter…"
Times Higher Education – Students armed with sub-editing skills are given tools for life March 27, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentExcellent subs are not disposable relics of a bygone era. They are the keyhole surgeons of journalism; fast, precise and adept at ensuring that prevention averts the need for expensive or embarrassing cures. At best they write attention-grabbing headlines and turn convoluted codswallop into plain, comprehensible English.
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Crucially, subbing skills should be praised and taught at each and every university that makes any claim to educate journalists.
Getting colleagues on board… TNJN – ICONN conference yields many ideas, possibilities January 22, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentFrom a gathering of US journalism teachers/academics:
"University of Georgia professor Mark Johnson said, "One of the biggest challenges I've had…is getting my colleagues on board."
The common sentiment among the journalism department is "we really need to do something with online – but not in my class," Johnson said."
Ten things every journalist should know in 2009 | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog January 16, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentGreat round-up by John Thompson at Journalism.co.uk
Current students, take this as a hint!
Training the new journalist « Advancing the Story January 16, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentDeb Halpern Wenger on an NPR interview with the Dean of Berkeley's J School, Neil Henry:
"The most controversial element of the interview involves Henry’s assertion that more journalists will need to be entrepreneurs. He suggests they won’t work for traditional media companies, rather they will be in business for themselves. Unfortunately, when Cohen tried to press him on whether this would result in “journalism for hire,” Henry really avoided answering the question.
However, he did say UC Berkeley’s j-school is working with the business school to develop courses that might help journalists make money outside the corporate journalism structure."
A comparison of journalism education in China and USA January 16, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentFrom a translation at Asia Sentinel:
"It seems like a bad joke to watch tens of thousands of students newly graduated from China’s thousands of journalism colleges and to find that most of them are either unable to find jobs or incapable of producing articles in the format and timeline required by the media."
Swimming Lessons for Journalists | PBS November 5, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentWiden your view of jobs in journalism, urges Amy Gahran:
"In my opinion, journalists need to start leaping en masse from the sinking ship of the newsroom and start working for search engines, nonprofits, think tanks, collaboratives, and other kinds of businesses and organizations. In fact, it might even be a good idea to trade in the label "journalist" for the more inclusive "person with journalism skills" […] That kind of humility offers considerable flexibility and room to grow.
Also, today's journalists can — and probably should — consciously shift away from jobs that revolve around content creation (producing packaged "stories") and toward providing layers of journalistic insight and context on top of content created by others (including public information). Finding ways to help people sort through info overload is far more valuable than providing more information."
Blog your way through college in the US October 18, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentA great opportunity — if you're a US citizen or resident. As Alfred Hermida notes, how about an international contest or other national version? How about it WordPress. Blogger, Typepad, Live Journal etc?
"The scheme offers students who blog the chance to win a $10,000 scholarship. The contest has just started accepting submissions, but you only have until the end of the month to apply."
Focus on 'what,' not 'where,' in planning your journalism career October 17, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentGeneva Overholser's summary of a point made at an Annenberg event:
"So you want to do journalism but are worried about all the change hitting the craft?
Do what digital pioneer and entrepreneur Elizabeth Osder has done: "I always tried to be about what I get to do rather than where I get to do it."
But the economic models just aren't working for newspapers online, lamented one student attending USC Annenberg School of Journalism Director's Forum.
Not true, said Osder, fresh off consulting work with Tina Brown's just-launched "The Daily Beast." Plenty of people are making plenty of money online. (As if in confirmation, David Westphal, Annenberg's executive in residence, noted that McClatchy right now makes more money online than it costs to pay all the editors and publishers in the company.)