Disrupting education

Dave Winer:

Jeff Jarvis wrote provocatively about disrupting journalism education.

Pretty sure he would agree with this, but I'd like to add my own two items.

1. Every j-school student operates their own server. A requirement. Installs software to run a linkblog, river of news, and whatever else they want.

2. Every undergrad, no matter what their major, is required to take a semester of journalism. Today's students are going into a world where blogging is something many if not all educated people will be doing, for a lifetime. Prepare them to do it well.

Write a story that grabs the readers' attention and holds it. Learn how to interview someone. Learn how to listen (that is actually a skill that can be taught, btw). The importance of multiple sources. How to care for the Internet (especially important for future VCs).

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 21, 2012 1:12 AM
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