Comments on: Should You Go To J-School?

By: Even more ideas for journalism in the classroom, courtesy AEJMC | :: suzanne yada ::

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:07:40 +0000

[...] I have a new respect for educators and researchers. I still don’t want to go to grad school. [...]

By: An honest appraisal of J-school | b-roll.net

An honest appraisal of J-school | b-roll.net — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:44:01 +0000

[...] Cohn, founder of Spot.us, didn’t major in journalism as an undergrad and spent a year as a professional intern before landing a job. Journalism is a craft and has an apprenticeship model. They say a fair percentage of students [...]

By: Oh Journalism School, How We Love/Loathe Thee: Part 17,689 « College Media Matters

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:08:34 +0000

[...] post about j-education by the blogger DigiDave. At the close of a thoughtful, if rambling post, he summons the journalism Gods with this pronouncement: ”I think there is a misconception that they hand out jobs at the end of J-school. I think [...]

By: leslie

leslie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:47:47 +0000

I randomly googled “should I go back to school to pursue journalism” (admittedly long, but an effective search), and stumbled upon your blog post. Thank you so much for providing me with some of the best insights I’ve heard on the matter since you were pretty much in the same boat that I am in now. I graduated about a year and a half ago with a degree in English and secondary education–my goal at the time thinking I would mold and shape the youth of America through Faulkner and Shakespeare. Unfortunately, the ideal fell short of reality. But after a lot of self-evalution, I found that I have a love affair with the news and the stories of everyday people. I’ve moved back to home town, am working an internship at the local paper, and am debating going to j-school. Too bad you left the final decision for me open ended, but I guess I will have to decide that on my own… None the less, thanks for the insights. And for the awesome verb “journalize”.

By: GRADY COLLEGE RULES « Simply Sunshine

GRADY COLLEGE RULES « Simply Sunshine — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:50:43 +0000

[...] been a fair amount of chatter lately about whether or not students should enroll in journalism school. If you want to be a journalist someday, it can’t hurt. Do you need a journalism education to be [...]

By: Best Schools for Journalism

Best Schools for Journalism — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:26:34 +0000

By: Jaclyn

Jaclyn — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:33:12 +0000

Hey Dave, this is a great post! The subject has been on my mind a lot lately… good perspective here!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:47:58 +0000

As a magazine editor turn PR pro, I agree with your sentiments about J-School. I don’t regret it, either. Teaches you the fundamentals of looking at things in different perspectives, asking the right questions, and basically how to communicate. (There really are a lot of bad writers out there.)

You’re right though, those thinking of attending J-School need to make the right connections and to take as many internships as possible. Be prepared to do the grunt work.

That said, J-Schools do need to do more to keep up with the ever-evolving Web and social media. Questions about credibility, objectivity, process journalism, etc. were never talked when I went to school.

By: Douglas Perret Starr

Douglas Perret Starr — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:00:25 +0000

with Convergence and the reduction in number and size of paper newspapers, J-school should be a must.

But, pick one that TEACHES NEWSWRITING IN BROADCAST STYLE (radio and television), because that is far different from newswriting for paper and online. English writing courses don’t even come close.

By: Should We Go to J School?

Should We Go to J School? — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:06:02 +0000

[...] Cohn, founder of Spot.us, who happens to be my current boss/colleague, also wrote a thoughtful blog post on the the pros and cons of journalism school and his own experience interning for a year and then [...]