1. Classrooms
as
newsrooms
Columbia
University,
Oct
26,
2013
Donica
Mensing
Reynolds
School
of
Journalism
University
of
Nevada,
Reno
@donica

2. 485
journalism
programs
in
the
US
93%
of
journalism
students
are
undergraduates
51,315
students
graduated
with
degrees
in
journalism
and
mass
communication
in
2012
(total
daily
newspaper
workforce
in
2013
was
38,000)

3. JOURNALISTS.
JOURNALISM
EDUCATION.
We
need
to
change
not
just
tactics
but
also
self-­‐conception.
“…Taking
advantage
of
access
to
individuals,
crowds
and
machines
will
mean
changing
organizational
structure
as
well.
Post-­‐Industrial
Journalism:
AdapCng
to
the
Present
C.W.
Anderson,
Emily
Bell,
Clay
Shirky

4. JOURNALISTS.
JOURNALISM
EDUCATION.
The
entire
economy
is
shifting.
Global
transition
from
the
industrial
age
to
the
digital
information
age.
The
publishing
business
has
experienced
40
years
of
stagnation
(Hoag
and
Seo,
2005)
.

5. Journalism
Educa/on
Projects
!
!
!
!
Year!round!!
High!institutional!
commitment!
!
Community!partnerships!and!
experiments;!innovation!labs;!
entrepreneurial!programs!
!
Professional!products!!
Maintained!by!university!
Graduate/post!graduates!
!
!
!
!
!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Teaching!Hospital!!
!
!
!
!
Media!partnerships!
!
Sharing!student!content!
!
Filling!gaps!in!coverage!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!!!!!!!!!!!Entrepreneurial!
!
Prototypes,!pitches!
In0class!experiments;!
new!reporting!practices!
!
!
Semester!only!
Limited!infrastructure!!!
!

6. Teaching
hospital
model:
Reproduces
the
best
of
journalism
as
we
know
it
Prepares
students
for
established
roles

7. Serves
a
general
public

8. Entrepreneurial
Model
• Prepares
students
for
a
changing
labor
market
• Sharpens
focus
on
social
needs
and
problems
• Provides
tools
for
responding
and
adapCng
to
change

9. Entrepreneurial
concepts
could
be
applied
to:
• Professional
pracCces
(e.g.
story
forms,
sourcing,
interviewing,
etc.)
• Civic
pracCces
(organize,
contribute)
• Technological
pracCces
(new
apps,
sites)
• Economic
pracCces
(new
forms
of
revenue)
• Pedagogical
pracCces
(alternaCve
teaching
methods,
lessons,
assignments)

10. Prepares
for
new
journalistic
roles
•
•
•
•
Reporter
Editor
Photographer
Designer
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Data
journalist
Interactive
designer
Community
manager
Social
media
editor
VeriYication
analyst
Curator/aggregator
Coder/programmer
Map
developer
Blogger
Analytics
manager

11. Entrepreneurial
journalism
looks
to
a
variety
of
organizaCons
as
models
and
partners