“If you decide that maybe journalism school isn’t a great fit for you, then take every opportunity to build up the skills that you will need in journalism outside of your curriculum.”
Sure, your average college freshman isn’t ready for Page 1. But having them work together through collective reporting can make it easier to get good work in front of a real audience, this journalism professor argues.
It’ll take a new generation of academic leadership — willing to incur the wrath of faculty, the greater university, alumni, industry, and analysts — to break through the old ways we train journalists.
UC Berkeley’s cutting loose Mission Local doesn’t recognize that audience building, community outreach, and partnerships are core to the modern journalists’ work.
Lichterman, Joseph. "Cut loose by UC Berkeley, hyperlocal site Mission Local looks to spin off as a for-profit." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 27 Feb. 2014. Web. 8 Dec. 2023.
APA
Lichterman, J. (2014, Feb. 27). Cut loose by UC Berkeley, hyperlocal site Mission Local looks to spin off as a for-profit. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 8, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/02/cut-loose-by-uc-berkeley-hyperlocal-site-mission-local-looks-to-spin-off-as-a-for-profit/
Chicago
Lichterman, Joseph. "Cut loose by UC Berkeley, hyperlocal site Mission Local looks to spin off as a for-profit." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 27, 2014. Accessed December 8, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/02/cut-loose-by-uc-berkeley-hyperlocal-site-mission-local-looks-to-spin-off-as-a-for-profit/.
Wikipedia
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