To follow up with my previous post about going to journalism school in this time of great change, I wanted to share a Media Shift blog post I recently read about American University in Washington D.C. becoming a hotbed for new forms of journalism. With the Center for Social Media, the J-Lab, which studies interactive journalism and an Investigative Reporting Workshop, it seems as though American University seeks to be the “new journalism” hub.

I’m not sold yet. Personally, I think there’s something to say for adapting old-style journalism into a new age–one which is still figuring itself out.

But it’s good to know what’s out there in case my mind changes. For those of you asking yourself these same questions, it may be helpful to watch the videos and read the comments on the post. Then come back and tell us what you think about American University and journalism school in general. I need guidance…

As an aspiring journalist, I often ask myself, should I go to journalism school? In fact, I’m thinking about taking the GRE in September and applying to a few schools this fall. But in today’s emerging field, the question deserves some thought before we all go rushing for more student debt to study a profession that’s in a state of disarray. I’ll admit that since graduating from college, part of me has longed to re-embrace life as a college kid, delve back into the buzz of campus life and study something that really interests me rather than a broad interdisciplinary major that doesn’t lead directly to any thing (I majored in Human Development. What’s that right?) But nostalgia aside, I also know that since I didn’t major in journalism, I could probably use some training in things like long-form magazine writing or to build skills in web, video, and television which I’m currently lacking. But couldn’t I also learn these things on the job? I’ve only had my Spot.us internship for a little over a month and