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E&P: Do Young Journos Have a Future? And Will It Be Dumb?

This week’s edition is up. Remember, you can’t leave comments on the Editor & Publisher site yet, but you can leave them here or email me.

It’s baffling how many journalists, who comb through countless angles to produce a thoughtful story, are actually one-trick ponies. Of course, there’s a reason why Scarlett Johanssen’s CD of Tom Waits covers is not as popular as her box office blockbusters, and a committed journalist doesn’t want to become a jack-of-all-trades/master-of-none. But as a former Huffington Post colleague who now works at a major daily pointed out to me after I shared some of the email responses to last week’s introduction: “When newspapers are looking to make layoffs they’re looking for the people who a) make the most money and do the least, but b) don’t have a well-rounded skill set.” Read the whole post on E & P.

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One comment for “E&P: Do Young Journos Have a Future? And Will It Be Dumb?”

  1. As a journalism student (Auckland New Zealand), I am hearing your words and those of your chicago tribune colleague, loudly!
    In fact i’d like to use them in my upcoming presenation titled the death of the newspaper. Regards, Carly

    Posted by Carly Tawhiao | August 12, 2008, 8:31 pm

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