100 Best Blogs for Journalism Students

Today’s journalism students are entering an industry that’s facing a crossroads. These days, newspapers and media in general are adapting and growing at a rapid pace, and it’s essential that students keep up, or they’ll be left in the dust. By reading these blogs, you can keep an ear to the ground on the latest developments that matter the most to journalism students. [Click for MORE]

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The Best Damn Job in the Whole Damn World

By Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

One of my editors at the Sun-Times once asked me, "Roger, is it true that they used to let reporters smoke at their desks?" This wasn't asked yesterday; it must have been ten years ago. I realized then, although I'm only writing about it now, that a lifestyle had disappeared. When I entered the business in the autumn of my 16th year, newspapering seemed the most romantic and exciting thing I could possibly do with my life. "But honey," my mom said, "they don't pay them anything." Who cared? It involved knowing what was going on before anyone else did, and putting my byline on top of a story telling it to the world. "Roger Ebert" is only a name. "By Roger Ebert" are the three most magical words in the language, drawing my eye the same way a bulls-eye attracts an arrow. [Click for MORE] Sphere: Related Content

Charlie Rose: Future of Newspapers

Discussion with Walter Isaacson of Time, Mort Zuckerman of the New York Daily News and Robert Thomson of the Wall Street Journal. Sphere: Related Content

With News Business in Crisis, What Do Journalism Professors Tell Students?

Falling ad revenue. Plunging profits. Layoffs. Downsizing. Bankruptcy filings.

The news in the news business can’t get any worse. Some days it seems as if those who write the first draft of history have little in the way of a future.

So what are journalism professors, those charged with grooming the next generation of reporters, editors and producers, telling their students these days about the news business in general, and print journalism, that seemingly most endangered of species, in particular?[Click for MORE]

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