Ed. Note: As the academic year comes to a close, the job market will be flooded with new graduates. Many of those leaving J-school may feel trepidation over the heavy downsizing that has afflicted nearly every major media outlet in the country in recent years. But there are reasons to be encouraged. Last Friday, Geneva Overholser, director of the journalism school at USC Annenberg and a veteran journalist herself, shared many of those reasons with the graduating class in her commencement speech. The core of her message was optimistic: Journalism is an industry that is being reinvented for the better, and today’s graduates are going to help shape it. Overholser herself will be retiring as director of the school, but she offered much hope — and a few bits of wisdom — for one more batch of bright-eyed students ready to become professionals. Following is the complete transcript of her speech, as prepared for delivery. [Read more…]
Overholser to grads: The journalism you’re helping reinvent is just coming into its own
May 20, 2013 by Geneva Overholser
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With Aggregation Becoming Big Business, Some Publishers Are Playing Along…For Now
May 13, 2013 by Ricky O'Bannon
Tech startups big and small are fighting for dominance in a new market offering personalized, curated or DIY magazines that aggregate what can be an overwhelming roar of online news content into something more manageable and meaningful. Judging from the popularity of apps like Flipboard, they have a captive audience. [Read more…]
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Networked journalism will move value from “brand” to “contribution”
April 17, 2013 by Pekka Pekkala
Journalism is not in crisis. The media industry — and journalists — might be, but the journalism itself is actually improving. [Read more…]
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