Journalism Education's Broader, Deeper Mission

PBS by Dan Gillmor | Feb. 7, 2009 (Opinion)

Accepting an award from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School for Journalism & Mass Communication several months ago, former PBS NewsHour host Robert McNeil called journalism education probably "the best general education that an American citizen can get" today.

Perhaps he was playing to his audience, at least to a degree. Many other kinds of undergraduate degree programs could lay claim to a similar bragging rights; a strong liberal ... Full Story »

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 by Dale Penn - Feb. 9, 2009

As a member of the NewsTrust community, I can attest to the value of the the author's recommendations. The goals seem somewhat lofty, literally requiring a paradigm shift in our culture to value critical thinking - but he offers practical suggestions that if adopted even in part should move us in the right direction.

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