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J-School

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“Amazingly enough, some J-schools are recognizing this problem and trying to adapt. In May 2005, the Carnegie Corp. and the Knight Foundation partnered with five journalism grad programs (Columbia, Northwestern, UC-Berkeley, USC and Harvard) to launch a $6 million initiative to bring more academics to J-school curriculums. The goal was to get subject-matter instructors from other parts of the university—say, economics professors—and have them teach lessons in their areas to J-school students. The initiative, spearheaded by Carnegie President Vartan Gregorian, has been so well received that last March four more schools signed up.”

“J-school undergraduates here take a liberal arts curriculum, and sign up for a media specialty, including, since 2007, digital. Many schools still require concentrations like print or broadcast, despite the move away from such specialization in the marketplace.”

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