Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Future of the News: Journalism in a Post-Print World

This announcement from Williams College in Massachusetts caught my attention:
Today the field of journalism is under siege.

In a Time's essay (Feb. 5, 2009), former managing editor Walter Isaacson wrote "the crisis in journalism has reached meltdown proportions."

And, yet, Inside Higher Education recently reported that applications to Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism have risen by about 40 percent since last year.

Where are we going to end up?
Answers might come at a forum the college is sponsoring on April 25.

Read the full release at the link below:

The Future of the News: Journalism in a Post-Print World