http://www.reportr.net/2007/09/19/6m-boost-to-train-journalists-for-a-digital-age/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.reportr.net/2007/09/19/6m-boost-to-train-journalists-for-a-digital-age/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Bryan Murley Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:12:40 +0000 http://reportr.net/2007/09/19/6m-boost-to-train-journalists-for-a-digital-age/#comment-156 As someone who's greatly interested in training the future journalists who will work in the rest of the U.S., I'm somewhat disappointed that the Knight Foundation has put so much money into universities that are so far removed geographically from much of the U.S. There are Knight professors all over the U.S. - North Carolina, Florida, other places - who could use an injection of funds to train future (and current journalists). Why spend the money in one of the most expensive places in the country? As someone who’s greatly interested in training the future journalists who will work in the rest of the U.S., I’m somewhat disappointed that the Knight Foundation has put so much money into universities that are so far removed geographically from much of the U.S. There are Knight professors all over the U.S. – North Carolina, Florida, other places – who could use an injection of funds to train future (and current journalists). Why spend the money in one of the most expensive places in the country?

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