The Chronicle of Higher Education gave a nod to new media and independent journalism in its article on revamped journalism classes. Journalism schools throughout the country are renovating their programs to focus on new media and entrepreneurship, mandating "multimedia bootcamps" and classes about the business of journalism.
Despite dwindling jobs, journalism schools are seeing record enrollments. Why? Students are reinventing journalism with new technology and creating their own jobs.
"There's not a great future in working for mainstream media," Christopher Harper, an associate professor of journalism at Temple University, said. "The future is for smart, hard-working students to band together, create their own media, and make a business out of it—and that's what a lot of them are doing."
Indy media to the rescue!
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