Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not a big fan of journalism schools, except those that are organized around a liberal arts education. Have an understanding of history, economics and political science - and then learn to write.
There are many roads to journalism. My feeling is that your best bet in college is to study the subjects you will want to write about, whether politics, the environment or the law.
I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.
Journalism is about results. It's about affecting your community or your society in the most progressive way.
I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.
Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.
Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.
Journalism is literature in a hurry.
There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.
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