Ryan Sholin » NYU http://ryansholin.com The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Thu, 24 May 2012 18:54:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2006-2007 ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) http://www.ryansholin.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com 144 144 Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education. Ryan Sholin Ryan Sholin ryansholin@gmail.com no no An Open Letter To WSN http://ryansholin.com/2009/10/06/an-open-letter-to-wsn/ http://ryansholin.com/2009/10/06/an-open-letter-to-wsn/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:50:10 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2009/10/06/an-open-letter-to-wsn/ Things are heating up between the upstart online-only news site and the established student newspaper at my alma mater, New York University.

An Open Letter To WSN

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2009/10/06/an-open-letter-to-wsn/feed/ 0 On the first day of film school at NYU… http://ryansholin.com/2009/08/13/on-the-first-day-of-film-school-at-nyu/ http://ryansholin.com/2009/08/13/on-the-first-day-of-film-school-at-nyu/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:57:04 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/?p=1627 …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 impart a little piece of that message.  How many of you think you’re going to be a star reporter at a major metro newspaper?  I ask some variant of that question, and hands are raised.

Hunter Walker is reporting for Gawker on his Columbia J-School orientation.

“Lemann also discussed our job prospects. Although he brought up the possibility that we may find work for a news organization he encouraged us to be open to careers as possibly starving internet entrepreneurs saying: “its a really interesting time to be in on the beginnings of the revolution… it’s a great time to put aside thoughts of worldly things and do something really creative if you have the nerve.” I agree with Lemann that this transitional period could lead to great opportunities, but I know firsthand that you need capital along with cojones to start your own business ventures.”

That’s something that approaches the right idea.

What the NYU orientation hand-raising exercise did for me was to focus my attention on learning a craft and a set of skills rather than being an auteur.

So, journalism students about to start school for the semester:  Are you trying to be an auteur, or an entrepreneur?

*I was a wanna-be Godard, and there weren’t many of those left at the end of four years.

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