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Hanaa' TameezMay 3, 2023

A new fellowship, backed by Robert Allbritton, aims to shake up the Capitol Hill reporting pipeline

“All the editors I know wish they had more time to mentor their reporters, but they’re under so much pressure to produce that they just can’t do it.”

Hanaa' TameezNovember 18, 2021

Journalism school is broken and expensive. Jessica Huseman will teach you for cheap(er).

“If I was queen for a day, what I would honestly do is fire every journalism professor and hire adjuncts working in the field. That’s, like, my dream.”

Marlee BaldridgeAugust 2, 2018

Should you major in journalism? Here are stories from eight working journalists who didn’t

“If you decide that maybe journalism school isn’t a great fit for you, then take every opportunity to build up the skills that you will need in journalism outside of your curriculum.”

From Nieman Reports: How journalism schools are trying to connect classroom to newsroom

“Journalism education has come to the same ominous inflection point that journalism itself has reached — and the stakes are just as high.” Jon Marcus

Matt WaiteNovember 13, 2013

Matt Waite: How I faced my fears and learned to be good at math

You might think the principal coder behind PolitiFact took naturally to math. You’d be wrong.

Mark CoddingtonSeptember 6, 2013

This Week in Review: Bezos’ vision for The Post, and covering Syria on the ground and abroad

Plus: the latest in government surveillance, studies on online anonymity and campaign journalism, and the rest of the week’s future-of-news news.

Caroline O'DonovanMay 20, 2013

They put the U in UGC: BuzzFeed builds a Community vertical as a talent incubator

BuzzFeed gets free content, users get exposure, we get 11 Engagement Photos That Will Make You Happy You’re Single.

Meredith ArtleySeptember 13, 2012

Meredith Artley: Here’s what we look for when we hire young journalists, j-school grads or not

The managing editor of CNN’s digital operations says coding and multimedia skills are becoming more common among new hires, but that specialized knowledge is getting hard to find.

Ann FriedmanJune 29, 2012

#Realtalk for the j-school graduate on the first five years of your career

The former editor of GOOD magazine shares her advice for young writers and editors on how to navigate the early years.

March 21, 2011

“News media are targeted but audiences are not”: Herbert Gans on multiperspectival journalism

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