How are journalism schools adapting to the new media landscape? What are some of the major changes?
(Tech investment, shift of focus etc) GF: Like the industry they seek to serve, journalism schools have slowly but steadily awoken to the digital revolution and the vast changes it has wreaked. I don’t want to overgeneralize—just like news organizations themselves, journalism schools come in many shapes and sizes and with different metabolisms and attitudes toward change. But there’s a broad recognition that the old paradigms are shattered and that part of our role is to help shape the new ones. Are there more students than before, fewer or about the same, and why? GF: I think almost every school will tell you that enrollments are on the rise. This is partly because the old apprenticeship system—start at a small news organization like a weekly newspaper, pick up skills and experience from the veteran professionals there and work your way up the food chain—has been shattered. Even news editors who used to scoff at journalism school grads are now rethinking. Some students are parki
