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 …

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 …