Persistant theme: Why are J students so close-minded? Who instill that in them?
Rob Curley, midwestern wonderkind of effective journalism in our world of constantly changing technology posted this question for J-schools. As a J prof who came to the field via multimedia, I am stunned by the close-mindedness of students and faculty. Why is it so? Amy Gahran took this up yesterday in E-media Tidbits, calling it Agitating for Journalistic Culture Change, but I would love to get my colleagues who won't even acknowledge that this is an issue to at least "see" the problem. *sigh*
My biggest question to J-Schools now is why are your students so dang close-minded? Where was that instilled, and what are you going to do to help them graduate with a degree and a mindset that will keep them employed as long as they want to be members of the Fourth Estate?Source: robcurley.com
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Spot on, Barb. I don't teach journalism, but I do give a lot of talks to students, and I've seen it.
I suspect it's because these students only know the myths about working in journalism. Just a thought.
- Amy Gahran
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