Journalism School

Columbia Axes Environmental Journalism, and Malcolm Gladwell Is Okay With That

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Environment, Malcolm Gladwell, Journalism, Green News, Journalism School, Columbia University, Columbia Journalism School, Media News

The media needs to get over the superficial, celebrity-soaked fad approach to environmental journalism and deliver something that people want: more and better in-depth environmental news.

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Malcolm Gladwell: Aspiring Journalists Should Skip J-School

Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

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Malcolm Gladwell told TIME magazine that he would tell aspiring young journalists today to skip journalism school and study something else instead. "...

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Joe Foote's Plan to Save Journalism

Al Eisele | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: University of Oklahoma, Journalism School, Old Media, New Media, Carl Albert, Oklahoma, Journalism, Joe Foote, Gaylord College, Media News

While we ink-stained wretches agonize over the uncertain future of journalism, Joe Foote and the University of Oklahoma are trying to make sure that it survives and thrives in the 21st century.

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So You Want To Be a Journalist?

Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D. | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Journalism School, Original Reporting, Journalism, Media News

If they want to stick with their profession, young journalists must grow accustomed to the fact that most people still can't stand them -- often they tell people what they don't want to hear.

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Jeff Jarvis is a-Twitter

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Jeff Jarvis, Twitter, Journalism, Public Relations, Journalism School, Media News

It's my experience that journalists who routinely call PR people flacks are themselves hacks.

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Beyond Towering Babble: Good Schools, Real News

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Education, Journalism, War, Foreign Policy, Media, Journalism School, News, Newspaper Industry, Media News

The operative part of newspaper is news. If changing tastes prefer something different, why not? But online-only options are not ready, and TV hardly takes up the slack.

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Close the J-Schools

Richard Sine | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalism School, J-School, Media, Journalism, Media News

What's going to be the next hot field in graduate study? Blacksmithing? Bloodletting? Steamship design?

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How to Be a "Death of Newspapers" Blogger Part Two: Picking a Fight with Sarah Lacy

Paul Dailing | Posted 05.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Death of Newspapers Blogger, Sarah Lacy, Journalism School, Pundits, Techcrunch, Medill School of Journalism, Mizzou, Feuds, Death of Newspapers, How to Be a Death of Newspapers Blogger, Paul Dailing, J-School, Journalism, Comedy News

A good Rosenbaum v. Jarvis style feud can drive up hits and increase name recognition for both sides. Maybe we'll be paid to argue on TV.

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Old Dogs, New Media: Why J-School Apps Are Up

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Journalism School, Newspapers, Old Media vs. New Media, New Media, Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Newspaper Industry, Media News

"New media" is like the Emperor's new clothes: we all pay lip service to Macromedia Flash, html coding and RSS feeds, but no one has any real conception of how they might "save" journalism.

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