As the publishing industry struggles to strike a new balance with digital media, students are still pouring into journalism school. Are these fledgling writers being taught the right things? I'm a j-school graduate myself, and the question bugs me.
Over at Journerdism, J-school graduate and new media writer Will Sullivan wrote an impassioned response to this aspiring journalism professor--while taking a few shots at the current state of j-schools.
"Given the way the industry has flipped in 10 years, J-profs should have to return to the work force every 5 years–or better yet, continue working professionally and teach in the spare time. Sometimes I’m not sure who’s more clueless newspaper leadership or college professors ... This is an evolving (collapsing?) industry. There are way too many clueless profs that haven’t sat in a newsroom for decades teaching the generation that’s supposed to save this business."
Them is fightin' words. What do you think? What do young journalists need to be learning now? After the jump, journalism professor Mindy McAdams responds...
Hey Jason, thanks for reading and linking! I'm very interesting in hearing others thoughts about j-education and how we can fix it. We're all in this together. :)
Posted by: Will Sullivan | January 2, 2007 11:53 PM | Permalink to Comment