Chapter 11 in "Newsenomics"

Reading Newsonomics is both refreshing and sad. The beginning of chapter 11 discusses ways that journalism teachers are trying to prepare students for the outside world.

Apparently there is a school in Oregon that now has a really good media program. But according to the reading, the actual curriculum is changing a lot. Because journalism is changing a lot. 

One thing that really struck me as I was reading was when Doctor mentioned parents. 

Dean Tim Gleason from the school in Oregon says: 

"In the past, parents used to say, 'I'm so glad he's a journalism major rather than an English major.' That may change."

The reason this hits home is because in large print, above this current text, explains my exact thought-process for choosing my journalism major. 

I know, you're so surprised. 

Of course, I fit journalism pretty well. It's a suitable major. But Chapter 11 beats me down and says, well, you chose it for the possible outcome of sustainable funds and thought you would be closer to reaching it with journalism instead of English? 

Fool!

Maybe it'll be okay. No, I'm sure it will be. Like the chapter points out, new journalism will require new skills. We're not exactly sure what those skills are yet. We're not sure where to get them or what we'll need for the future of journalism. 

So far, it seems the UNH journalism program thinks we need to be good editors, multi-media users, entrepreneurs, and be accustomed to -- and proficient in -- general news writing. 

News looks different all the time. There's no standard yet for how to make online publications, the best way to compose news tweets, or how many picture/videos there can be per story. 

All in the all, I think journalists coming in to the field need to be well-rounded for the field. It's going to take us to a lot of different places.