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Journalism finds itself battling for ethics and relevance in the face of non-traditional media, wavering standards and corporate bottom lines.
Amid this climate, Craig Rothstein will provide a look into the making of a ‘”journalist” at one of the preeminent universities of graduate-level journalism. True. No one needs a journalism degree, but at costs varying from $10,000 to $50,000, a master’s degree in journalism can be had.
Craig will ponder what is it about the experience that compels ostensibly intelligent people to shell out money, time, and effort. More importantly, he will ask what kind of ethics are places like this instilling in the next generation of journos? And what system of ethics will the leaders of the journalism industry be informed by in the tumultuous years ahead?
This blog will end in May 2008 as a historical documentation of the subjective experience of one graduate journalism student.
Published in conjunction with the Media Ethics Project of the Art Science Research Laboratory.