As 2022 journalism grads enter local newsrooms, they are considering the industry's future and the most effective methods to reach people. University of Mississippi graduate Madeline Quon started thinking deeply about what it will take to keep local newspapers alive while she was still in school. “I …
With the development and democratization of technology, journalism as a profession has evolved in the past decades. New technologies introduced new platforms and new audiences, and newsrooms are trying to adapt. “We are genuinely in a revolution when it comes to getting information,” says Raquel Amparo, …
Does the future of small-town news depend on big social media? Jeremy Weldon, the news editor at the Panolian, a newspaper in Panola County, Mississippi, is a reluctant supporter of social media. While he runs a traditional bi-weekly paper, he believes that social media is an …
Few people working in television news realize just how devastating the 2009 recession was to stations. Some actually faced going out of business. Many others found they could no longer support news departments. Today’s MMJs, automated newscasts and centralized master control rooms are all the …
From the Washington Post to MarketWatch to The Atlantic, reporters have been writing stories about increased enrollments at a number of the nation's journalism schools. Those bigger numbers are sometimes described as a "Trump Bump," suggesting students are being drawn to the profession in the …
For more than 200 years, newspapers delivered information to readers the exact same way: every day, on newsprint, in black and white (and then color) and on the doorstep. In the last 20 years, news organizations and newsrooms have needed to evolve faster, and in more diverse …
