Comments on: Online journalism classes to consider adopting http://serenacarpenter.com/?p=632 A site dedicated to the teaching and research of newer media. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:03:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: J-schools: tech skills vs. future fitting « News Atoms http://serenacarpenter.com/?p=632&cpage=1#comment-422 J-schools: tech skills vs. future fitting « News Atoms Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:42:44 +0000 http://serenacarpenter.com/?p=632#comment-422 [...] J-schools: tech skills vs. future fitting Serena Carpenter of Arizona State University has outlined several classes that would “that connect technology to bigger issues.” [...] [...] J-schools: tech skills vs. future fitting Serena Carpenter of Arizona State University has outlined several classes that would “that connect technology to bigger issues.” [...]

]]> By: Jason Manning http://serenacarpenter.com/?p=632&cpage=1#comment-39 Jason Manning Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:48:06 +0000 http://serenacarpenter.com/?p=632#comment-39 I totally agree with this approach. At the news orgs where I worked we were heavy on skills and light on vision and leadership. Young Web journalists were often seen as technicians who could be ordered serve the needs of the "real," i.e. traditional, journalists. Any youngster with expertise in a beat, a sense of mission, or entrepreneurial ideas stood out. The Web skills I acquired as a journalism undergraduate in the 1990s were soon out of date. BUT the lessons and principles I learned in classes like ethics, history of journalism, literary journalism, and editing have stayed relevant. I consider myself a Web journalist and I think technical skills are hugely important. But they can also be learned by rote training. Vision and leadership skills are harder to teach and harder to learn -- AND longer lasting. I totally agree with this approach. At the news orgs where I worked we were heavy on skills and light on vision and leadership.

Young Web journalists were often seen as technicians who could be ordered serve the needs of the “real,” i.e. traditional, journalists.

Any youngster with expertise in a beat, a sense of mission, or entrepreneurial ideas stood out.

The Web skills I acquired as a journalism undergraduate in the 1990s were soon out of date. BUT the lessons and principles I learned in classes like ethics, history of journalism, literary journalism, and editing have stayed relevant.

I consider myself a Web journalist and I think technical skills are hugely important. But they can also be learned by rote training. Vision and leadership skills are harder to teach and harder to learn — AND longer lasting.

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