Focus on 'what,' not 'where,' in planning your journalism career
So you want to do journalism but are worried about all the change hitting the craft? Do what digital pioneer and entrepreneur Elizabeth Osder has done: “I always tried to be about what I get to do...
View ArticleLas Vegas Sun tries innovative path toward online success
“A newspaper success story.” That was the topic for Drex Heikes when he spoke to us here at Annenberg about his work at the Las Vegas Sun. But, really, he said, “What we have is a newspaper that’s...
View ArticleDid journalism's business model distort journalism's social mission?
I realized today to my amazement that I may long have been a secret disciple of Milton Friedman. The famed laissez-faire economist held that business and mission don’t go together, according to Adlai...
View ArticleThe journalism 'priesthood' destroyed?
It was Nieman reunion time last weekend, and the honored veterans of journalism were gathered in the very shadow of Harvard. Our panel was called: “Voices from the New World of Journalism.” “I think...
View ArticleStudents will actually read it! High school newspapers go Web-only
Like their professional counterparts, high school news organizations are moving online and fretting over budgets, but they’re also fighting censorship. This according to advisors from Southern...
View ArticleUSC Annenberg gets a new name – USC Annenberg School for Communication &...
Recognizing the critically important role journalism plays in a democratic society and USC’s role as a leading institution for educating and training journalists, the University of Southern California...
View ArticleSpecialized Journalism: A Program Designed for the Future
As the director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, I’d like to introduce OJR readers to our Master’s Programs in Specialized Journalism. These are not your typical journalism M.A. programs....
View ArticleWhat's missing from the debate on "rebooting journalism schools"
“Rebooting journalism schools” has been a hot topic this spring and summer, culminating at the recent convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in...
View ArticleSecrecy is trumping public interest in gun control coverage
Citizens who are reassured by a recent stampede to withhold information on gun permit holders should consider: secrecy is almost always the first instinct of politicians.
View ArticleOverholser to grads: The journalism you’re helping reinvent is just coming...
The USC Annenberg J-school director says that there are still plenty of good jobs available and that the industry itself is transforming for the better, and she even offers a little worldly advice on...
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