[MGP-Forum Announce] REPORT: 10-Step Survival Guide for Journalism Programs

[Bill Densmore]

JTM-DC participant Barb Hipsman of Kent State University sends along a link to 
a downloadable PDF of a report just finished by one of her colleagues at Kent 
State -- Joe Murray . . . an analytic summary of the options facing journalism 
programs if they want to remain relevant.

He titles it: "Adapt or Die: A 10-Step Survival Guide for Journalism Schools 
Stuck in the Fourth Estate."...

Here's the link:
http://stream.kent.edu/gmurray/JMC/Adapt_Or_Die.pdf

Barb Hipsman, associate professor/news, Kent State University, 
bhipsman at kent.edu /off: 330-672-1244

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Bill Densmore, director/editor
The Media Giraffe Project Journalism Program / 108 Bartlett Hall Univ. of 
Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 OFF: 413-577-4370 / CELL: 413-458-8001
densmore at journ.umass.edu

What happens when all that's left is the journalism?
Help plan and launch The Next Newsroom in a U.S. community
sometime during 2008. For background:

KICKOFF:      http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/
WHO CAME:     http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-dc-roster
THE BLOG:     http://newshare.typepad.com/jtmnextnewsroom
ANOUNCEMENT:  http://www.mediagiraffe.org/pdf/jtm-dc-announcement.pdf
THE SESSIONS: http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-dc-reports