Between 2003 and 2012, media giant Gannett Co. shed more than 20,000 employees, some of them journalists at its television stations, local newspapers and flagship daily USA Today. Nonetheless, on a recent Saturday, the publisher sent recruiters to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism annual jobs fair—which drew a record 135 companies."Clearly, we want people who have multimedia skills and understand the transition from print to digital," said Virgil Smith, Gannett's vice president of talent acquisition and diversity.Mr. Smith emphasized that Gannett recruits from a range of venues, not just fancy journalism schools. But the presence of all those companies in Morningside Heights suggests that graduate journalism programs may be more helpful to a career than ever before. As technology continues to tear apart the news industry and the once smooth career path of the newspaperman, digital skills gained from reputable schools may be the edge that journalists need to compete in a shrinking job market.Not that j-schools aren't still being derided as useless. Media critic Michael Wolff recently wrote that Columbia ought to "just shut its doors," rather than send its students "into a world of ever-bleaker prospects." He also mocked the school's choice of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll as the new dean, because he doesn't tweet. Earlier this week, New York Times media columnist David Carr defended Mr. Coll—but called most journalism programs "escalators to... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2013-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Snapchat’s enabling its publishing partners to promote their channels on Facebook and Twitter with links directly to their content, the company said today. The media partners, which include Hearst, IGN, Vox, BuzzFeed, CNN and Vi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Between 2003 and 2012, media giant Gannett Co. shed more than 20,000 employees, some of them journalists at its television stations, local newspapers and flagship daily USA Today. Nonetheless, on a recent Saturday, the publisher sent recruiters to the Columbia University Graduate School of... Continue reading at Crains New York
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