These are the people that have been given places on the journalism course next September.
There was of course some gloom about the current industry.But I made the point about what an exciting time this also is for journalists.
The main advantage in my eyes is the ease of publication.Blogging tools mean now that you don't have to wait for an editor to come on your side.Just get writing.
I have just read this piece from Timothy McSweeney who looks at this new age. via Jeff Jarvis
As print takes its place alongside smoke signals, cuneiform, and hollering, there has emerged a new literary age, one in which writers no longer need to feel encumbered by the paper cuts, reading, and excessive use of words traditionally associated with the writing trade.
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I'm just over half-way through a three year journalism degree - it's a ridiculously exciting time to be studying, in my opinion.
For those who have the passion and want to get ahead, I doubt there's ever been a better time for it. Set up a blog, engage all over the web, teach yourself alternative, innovative, experimental ways of storytelling. Don't be afraid of falling flat on your face.
Subscribe to Online Journalism Blog, 10,000 words, ReportR, Innovation in College Media, TNTJ etc etc etc.
And buy MediaGuardian every Monday.
Exactly what I told them Josh and added that they should read the papers and watch/listen to the news bulletins
Aw - from the headline there I thought you were going to make some exciting revelation...! Anyway, while I am constantly mulling over the (ethical, financial, social) implications of a predominantly online media, I share much, if not all, of the optimism about future opportunities for upcoming journalists. This economic period is going to be tough to ride out, but it means journalists have to be more creative, think outside the box and really address what people want to know about if they want to be read / watched / talked to. The accessibility of online publishing means we can step away from the fixed formulae which have dominated the UK news scene for so long. Of course there's rubbish out there too, but the better the journalism produced, the better it can be countered and highlighted as rubbish. When I was first building up experience in journalism it depressed me - the limitations of the UK news agenda etc.; how difficult it was to pitch stories that seemed of ethical importance to me. Now seems a more exciting time than ever to be participating in the British journalism scene.
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