Media entrepreneurship takes hold at universities

Journalism professors are adapting to the realities of a historically tough job market. Their graduates are struggling to find stable work in an industry whose biggest players have been cutting staff for a decade. So universities are teaching new skills — multimedia production, community management, data management and visualization, among others — as well as […]

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Universities are driving innovation in media

The true role of universities has always been the improvement of society. Developing leaders is a key part of that. The scholars of universities immerse themselves in the values, ethics, culture, and history of a society and then communicate it to the students. Those of us in the humanities tend to think of innovation as […]

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CUNY aims to incubate new media

Stephen Shepard, dean of CUNY  Journalism School: “We are  researching ways to support quality as the old financial order erodes.”  Second in a series on entrepreneurial journalism programs at universities and media organizations.City University of New York’s Entrepreneurial Journalism program aims to be an incubator of new media projects as well as training the next generation […]

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