This "What's the point of Journalism School?" article is something that everyone at SJMC should read. We all talk about it in every class, and while we all agree that the industry is NOT dying (what the heck wold we all be doing here then??) it was nice to read about other people saying the same things.
It's impossible to deny that journalism has had setbacks and maybe become not as prominent or in-demand, but it's also true that the field is in transition and there will always be a need for news. Maybe not all in print, but there's still news on tv and all over the internet.
Sure, you don't necessarily need the degree to be a journalist, but I think it's very important that if you want to be a journalist, you should be professionally trained in order to be the best journalist you can be.
If I were thrown in a newsroom right now and told to writw a story for something I'd be like "whaa?" (0_o) I don't think I'd even know how to start. But like Professor Reisner says, here at J-school,we are still in the parking lot, we're here to learn, so that when we are thrown in a newsroom, we'll know what to do, and how to do it well. :)
