Journalism Schools

The writer of the text is Patrick Thornton, and the blogger is King Faufman. . In this piece he argues about the validity of attending a journalism school. He points out the realities of attending a journalism school with the anticipation of working for the large established reputable media houses. If you fortunate after the completion of journalism degree you might land yourself in one of the large media publications and if you do he proclaims, “Don’t count in it. Not for a second” The questions that Thornton desires for us to ponder are the following.
Do you need a graduate degree in journalism in order to be a great journalist? And, more importantly, will getting a graduate degree in journalism really help you land that first journalism job? Are the top ranked schools if truth be told such as Columbia University still top ranked to date? These he instigates are all the questions you need to ask yourself if you're trying to decide whether or not to go to journalism school.
Before I proceed, I just want to clarify that Thornton does not discredit Columbia University as a journalism school, in facts he mentions that a great deal of the best journalists have come out of the Columbia University program. The point he undertakes it seems is that even though the latter is factual it is outdated.
The point that Thornton is conveying is that, “Journalism is going through a massive transformation right now and unfortunately most journalism schools are not preparing students for those transformations”. The massive transformation involves the new technologies such as working on the web. If one desires to be a among the great journalists to mention but a few, David Cohn, Jay Rosen, Clay Shirky etc, it is paramount for one to be fervent about working on the web. This does not only apply to aspiring journalists but to professors as well. They need to familiarize themselves with social media and web sites, not so much as to know how to write but how to report.
As it turns out there are very few media jobs that require you to have a graduate degree in journalism. In general, there are very few media jobs that require any kind of graduate degree. Unlike medicine, law or even teaching, media job rarely require an advanced degree, just certain skill sets. So why go to journalism school?

1) http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/
The blogger in this site is Jess Auerbach, the site belongs to the Mail and Guardian, and various professional people are doing the writing.
2) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/Swine_flu/article6737507.ece

The blogger is Anjana Ahuja, the site belongs to the Times, him and various professional people are doing the writing for the Times blog.
3)http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog
http://southafrica.worldcupblog

The blogger is Mike Selvey, and the site belongs to the Guardian, the writters among others include himself, Sean Ingle, Barry Glendenning, Allan Gardner, etc.

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The blogger is Daryl, the site belongs to World Cup Blog SA 2010, the writers include Naeem, Football 365.

5)http://blogs.indiewire.com/anthony/
http://indiefilmbloggersmovie.blogspot.com/

The blogger is Anthony Kaufman who is also doing the writing, the site belongs to Indie Wire Blognetwork.

The blogger is Sujewa Ekanayake, who also writes and the site belongs to Indie Film Blogger Road Trip.

> Blogging is a publishing tool for easily sharing our thoughts with the world regardless of the scrutiny of the public or the different industries, hence I think that Anthony Kaufman qualifies to do the work as a blog writer. He writes about all things, film and the film industry that would be thought of as unfit in any official capacity. He blogs about topics of not only personal interest but also as I have previously mentioned film and the film industry, most often than not about topics that would not be sold out to the public.

1) The Iranian government has confirmed the deaths of twenty people during the protests while "unconfirmed" reports by dissidents say that there have been nearly 250 deaths in the ten days preceding June 25. Iranian authorities have closed universities in Tehran, blocked web sites, blocked cell phone transmissions and text messaging and banned rallies. Iranians who attempted to access most informational databases and search engines are met with a page reading the following "the requested is forbidden". Clearly the state censorship in Iran is far from presenting itself as a bulwark between society (as the Iranian government misleadingly believes), and forces of subversion or moral corruption. Rather the Iranian state censorship is an instrument for it to impose its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct for all. This is evident as most forms of media are vetted for acceptability by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

2) Not long ago Carroll's complaint would have not been taken solemnly and then it would have been tossed under the carpet with a fastidious little note (such as the response he got from the Ms Irlweg) either through e-mail or letter but nevertheless which sent him to "hell" by showing him "heaven". However by having a platform such as the blogging site, he was then able to not only contest but also publicize the incident and the subsequent response to it that in a short space of time reached thousands. As one of the comments stated, "thanks to internet the little guy can have a big voice...".
Although I am quite ambivalent in the Amanda Bonnen's case in terms of who is defamed in this situation, her (by being sued) or Horizon Group Management, regardless both have also had platform to be heard, to criticize, to be criticized and to protest where one feels is being treated inequitably.
One of the advantages of these sites is that people can publish their opinions, responses, critics so on and so on withou fear of public scrutiny. Therefore if one feels that the use of these new technologies has defamed them, they can rightfully respond in the public by publishing their take or complaint on the matter, or maybe they sue, who knows the outcome? Or rather if after introspection they think the comment or complaint has grounds to stand, they can just redress and employ preventive measures.