Here is further proof why journalism schools should be preparing students for a multiplatform, multimedia world – a letter from a J-School student about his internship at the Smithsonian magazine. This extract sums it up:

Online is the way to go. Here at Smithsonian magazine everything is going in that direction. They ask their writers/freelancers to submit multimedia ideas and ask their sources if they have anything they can put on the web.

This is the sort of journalism education we are aiming to provide at the J-school at the University of British Columbia – an education based on training in traditional reporting skills and developing multimedia story-telling skills.