Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education.
I’ve been through most of this before, either in blog posts or in person, whenever I get the chance to talk with journalism students, but it’s worth repeating. A few tweets this week seem to have proved that, so I’m putting this updated compendium of my advice together for posterity.
My advice to journalism students starts [...]
Remember when I went to graduate school at San Jose State University to get an M.S. in Mass Communications?
Well, I finished. Here’s the proof, which arrived in the mail a few days ago:
…one department head or another asked the 140 freshman wanna-be Spielbergs/Godards/Raimis* in the room to raise their hand if they wanted to be a Director.
Many, including me, raised our hands.
The faculty response: “You’ll be lucky if four of you make it.” (I’m paraphrasing. This happened in 1994.)
When I talk to journalism students, I try to [...]
I’ll be doing the Poynter live chat thing at 1pm EDT today over there.
Please, show up, ask some questions, share some success stories, and add to the conversation.
[UPDATE: Wow, that was awesome. Thanks to everyone who showed up, and to Ellyn, Mallary, and everyone else at Poynter for hosting and inviting me. The above link [...]
For those of you keeping score, I started blogging, more or less, when I started graduate school at San Jose State University back in early 2005.
As of Monday, April 6, 2009, I’m finished with my M.S. in Mass Communications at SJSU’s School of Journalism & Mass Communications, after turning in my project report and presenting [...]