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Justin EllisAugust 21, 2013

Do journalism schools really need to be teaching hospitals?

The model is gaining ground in many journalism schools, but two professors argue won’t help future journalists — or the industry they’re entering — adapt to change.

Mark CoddingtonJuly 5, 2013

This Week in Review: Greenwald and the journalists’ club, and a j-school’s big political win

Plus: The travails of Edward Snowden, the birth of 21st Century Fox, the death of Google Reader, and the rest of the week’s media and tech news.

Cindy Royal: Journalism schools need to get better at teaching tech where the girls are

“We are just at the beginning of understanding what the digital media curriculum of the future will look like. But we can’t let the constraints of accreditation and untrained faculty slow us down.” Cindy Royal

Dan GillmorSeptember 27, 2012

Dan Gillmor: Journalism school should provide an excellent liberal arts education

Engaging more with the rest of the university is one way j-schools can gain relevance.

Mindy McAdams: Don’t just teach skills, train young journalists to be lifelong learners

Journalism school students often choose the field because they like writing. So getting them to code requires more than instruction — it takes convincing. Mindy McAdams

Mark CoddingtonSeptember 14, 2012

This Week in Review: The bizarre anti-Muslim film, and challenging foundations’ journalism priorities

Plus: More details on the Journal Register Co.’s bankruptcy, new ideas on j-school training, and the rest of the news in media and tech this week.

Geneva OverholserSeptember 11, 2012

Geneva Overholser: Keeping journalism, and journalism school, connected to the public

The USC professor says journalism schools should become “lively centers of campus – and of community – life.”

Brian BoyerSeptember 7, 2012

Brian Boyer: Welcome to Hacker Journalism 101, take your seats

Boyer, the head of NPR’s news apps team, puts on his professor hat and offers a syllabus for “making useful things for people.”

Miranda MulliganSeptember 5, 2012

Miranda Mulligan: Want to produce hirable grads, journalism schools? Teach them to code

The executive director of Northwestern’s Knight News Innovation Lab says j-schools need to teach students to be open-minded about their skills — and that means learning at least the basics of programming.

Mark CoddingtonAugust 13, 2012

This Week in Review: The Olympics’ media lessons, and Google’s copyright crackdown

Plus: Another prominent case of plagiarism, the debate over false balance, a challenge to j-schools, and the rest of the week’s media and tech must-reads.

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