This week we had two guest speakers: John Hill, an MSU graduate who didn’t end up in journalism, exactly; and Julianne Pepitone, a journalist who went from working at CNNMoney, to NBC, to being her own boss as a very entrepreneurial freelancer. I know that I don’t want to end up working in journalism, so… Continue reading First Hand: Talking to entrepreneurial journalists
Why don’t people read the news anymore? I mean replace “read” with “watch” or “listen to” and it still holds true. Many people don’t pay that much attention to the news. I mean, I’m a journalism student, and if I’m being honest, I don’t read much news during a typical week. It begs the question,… Continue reading Fixing the Problems with News
As a journalism student, I’ve regularly had to ignore everyone from my grandparents to the person in front of me in line at the grocery store telling me journalism is dying. You can’t blame them. They are repeating what they have been hearing for years now: The media is dying. The fact is: The numbers… Continue reading Staying Relevant: News Media is Evolving Not Dying
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