AEJMC Newspaper & Online News Division What reaction have you heard to the Letter from Foundations?

[Howard Finberg]

I'm working on a story for Poynter Online that would follow-up on the letter
that a number of foundations signed and was posted by the Knight Foundation.

 

Here's the lede:

We represent foundations making grants in journalism education and
innovation. In this new digital age, we believe the "teaching hospital"
model offers great potential.  At its root, this model requires top
professionals in residence at universities. It also focuses on applied
research, as scholars help practitioners invent viable forms of digital news
that communities need to function in a democratic frame.

We believe journalism and communications schools must be willing to recreate
themselves if they are to succeed in playing their vital roles as news
creators and innovators. Some leading schools are doing this but most are
not. Deans cite regional accreditation bodies and university administration
for putting up roadblocks to thwart these changes. However, we think the
problem may be more systemic than that.  We are calling on university
presidents and provosts to join us in supporting the reform of journalism
and mass communication education.

http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/other/open-letter-americas-univer
sity-presidents/

 

What reaction have you heard at your university?

Do you think radical change is possible?

What do you think is goal of the foundations in sending this letter?

 

If you want to send me something off the list, here's my email:
hfinberg at poynter.org

 

Thanks,

 

Howard

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Howard I. Finberg
Director, Training Partnerships and Alliances

The Poynter Institute
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