Sunday, August 14, 2005
New York University Professor Jay Rosen has filed a thoughtful report from the just-finished AEJMC Convention, where he was part of a discussion that's sure to continue in the "comment" section of his weblog... and around Journalism School water coolers and meeting rooms. This is how his report begins:

"Things I Used to Teach that I No Longer Believe" Was the Title of the Panel....
...at the journalism professors' annual convention.
"To learn, when you are ready to pass the torch, that some of the best and the brightest don't want your torch, because they think it went out a while ago, counts as a sad day for J-schoolers of a certain generation."[From Jay Rosen's PressThink]

His weblog also mentions that it recently logged its one-millionth reader, and this latest installment links back to several earlier essays that show why.

He also points out this report from the convention at MySanAntonio.com, the website of the San Antonio Express-News, which also links to sites by several convention panelists and observers:

Can trust and quality save journalism? "That's the question being asked at an interactive conference for journalists, academics and citizen activists in San Antonio this week..."


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