Is it time to pull the plug on the MSU School of Journalism?
October 27, 2009
I've always been proud of being an alum of the Michigan State University School of Journalism.
But I seriously wonder if it has reached the end of its lifecycle. It seems to be stuck in the past which has been like a deep hole that it will never emerge from.
Newspapers served a vital historical role in this country. But for the most part they're either dying or dead. And the MSU School of Journalism which used to be one of the top "j-schools" in the country is not in the hunt to reinvent what the new journalism looks like.
How many millions of tax dollars does it get? Living in the past can be fun in the coffee shop, but not in the real world where change seems to be happening at warp speed. Maybe it's time to let go of this once proud part of academia.
Where's the independent eyes and ears of the media to help people learn and to see the truth of what's happening? They have hearing aids with dying batteries and big cataracts causing almost blindness.
Check these figures in a Tech Crunch post about declining circulation of major U.S. newspapers. It's sad. We all lose because of the decline of the news media.