Exploring Classrooms as Newsrooms (presentation only)

Classrooms as newsroomsColumbia University, Oct 26, 2013

Donica MensingReynolds School of Journalism

University of Nevada, Reno@donica

485 journalism programs in the US93% of journalism students are undergraduates

51,315 students graduated with degrees in journalism and mass communication in 2012 (total daily newspaper workforce in 2013 was 38,000)

We need to change not just tactics but also self-conception.

Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the PresentC.W. Anderson, Emily Bell, Clay Shirky

“…Taking advantage of access to individuals,

crowds and machines will mean changing

organizational structure as well.

JOURNALISTS. JOURNALISM EDUCATION.

The entire economy is shifting.

Global transition from the industrial age to the digital information age.

The publishing business has experienced 40 years of stagnation (Hoag and Seo,

2005) .

JOURNALISTS. JOURNALISM EDUCATION.

Journalism Education Projects

Reproduces the best of journalism as we know it

Prepares students

for established

roles

Teaching hospital model:

Serves a general public

Entrepreneurial Model• Prepares students for a changing labor market

• Sharpens focus on social needs and problems

• Provides tools for responding and adapting to change

Entrepreneurial concepts could be applied to:•Professional practices (e.g. story forms, sourcing, interviewing, etc.)

•Civic practices (organize, contribute)•Technological practices (new apps, sites)

•Economic practices (new forms of revenue)

•Pedagogical practices (alternative teaching methods, lessons, assignments)

• Reporter• Editor• Photographer• Designer

• Data journalist• Interactive designer• Community manager• Social media editor• Verification analyst• Curator/aggregator• Coder/programmer• Map developer• Blogger• Analytics manager

Prepares for new journalistic roles

Entrepreneurial journalism looks to a variety of organizations as models and partners