Quote, unquote: the future opportunities of journalism

"The value of studying journalism is in learning the writing, the research and understanding the ethical issues. Understanding what a story is . . . isn’t going to change. The ability to research and tell a story — this is what these young people should be learning here, because ultimately they are going to have to learn a new technology every few years. New journalists have to be specialists in all media types and this is not a huge problem for students who often learn these skills on their own. For example, it is amazing how many young people already have a blog when they start journalism school. For young people with an entrepreneurial spirit, journalism will continue to present lots of opportunities."

-- Michael Rogers, former futurist-in-residence at The New York Times, and one-time writer for Rolling Stone magazine, speaking to a symposium hosted in Halifax by the University of King’s College journalism school [reported in the Chronicle Herald].