Comments on: The obvious end of journalism schools? http://ryansholin.com/2007/03/24/the-obvious-end-of-journalism-schools/ The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Training citizens http://ryansholin.com/2007/03/24/the-obvious-end-of-journalism-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-5435 Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Training citizens Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:51:34 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/03/24/the-obvious-end-of-journalism-schools/#comment-5435 [...] Ryan Sholin referenced that idea, drawing the comment from Bryan Murley that what students needed wasn’t so much journalism training as it is media literacy. Not every educated person wants to be a journalist. While I’d love to have journalism be a required course (job security and all that), making it required is going to do little more for us than the required three semesters of English Lit that every student sits through. [...] [...] Ryan Sholin referenced that idea, drawing the comment from Bryan Murley that what students needed wasn’t so much journalism training as it is media literacy. Not every educated person wants to be a journalist. While I’d love to have journalism be a required course (job security and all that), making it required is going to do little more for us than the required three semesters of English Lit that every student sits through. [...]

]]> By: Bryan Murley http://ryansholin.com/2007/03/24/the-obvious-end-of-journalism-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-5424 Bryan Murley Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:48:49 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/03/24/the-obvious-end-of-journalism-schools/#comment-5424 Except we still have stock brokers and travel agents. Not every educated person <em>wants</em> to be a journalist. While I'd love to have journalism be a required course (job security and all that), making it required is going to do little more for us than the required three semesters of English Lit that every student sits through. I'd rather argue for a required Media Literacy course, so every student has the skills to <em>use</em> the media in a thoughtful manner. The difference is between a course in <em>making</em> pasta and a course in <em>preparing</em> pasta dishes. Except we still have stock brokers and travel agents. Not every educated person wants to be a journalist. While I’d love to have journalism be a required course (job security and all that), making it required is going to do little more for us than the required three semesters of English Lit that every student sits through.

I’d rather argue for a required Media Literacy course, so every student has the skills to use the media in a thoughtful manner.

The difference is between a course in making pasta and a course in preparing pasta dishes.

]]> By: William M. Hartnett http://ryansholin.com/2007/03/24/the-obvious-end-of-journalism-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-5423 William M. Hartnett Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:09:39 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/03/24/the-obvious-end-of-journalism-schools/#comment-5423 Let's just make sure those one or two semesters of universal journalism training is at least slightly more practical than the 4 1/2-month class on manually laying out print pages that I was required to take during my late-1990s J-school days. Let’s just make sure those one or two semesters of universal journalism training is at least slightly more practical than the 4 1/2-month class on manually laying out print pages that I was required to take during my late-1990s J-school days.

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