How It's Used

“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.”

—Jonathan V. Last, “Schools for Scribblers,” The Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2006, p. W19.

“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.”

—Brian Stelter, “J-Schools Play Catchup,” The New York Times, April 19, 2009.

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B-School
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Wikipedia article on Journalism Schools