Are journalism schools obsolete?

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Newspapers have cut 28% of their jobs in the past five years, Robert Niles writes in an OJR post. Yet journalism schools still accept students, training workers for a dying trade. "Given that job market, why would any students want to major in print journalism? More importantly — why would any ethical college or university allow those students to do so?" Niles asks. A response from Mona Zhang on 10,000 Words. Related.

March 26, 2012

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