We've been having a spirited discussion in the journalism department at New York University. With newspapers hemorrhaging readers and people migrating to the web for their daily news fix, should we
consider changing the way we teach journalism? For as far back as anyone can remember, New York University has used introductory courses to drill students on the basics: "ledes," "nut grafs," the
"inverted pyramid" and the "five Ws" - who, what, where, when, why (and No. 6: how). But at a time when the vast majority of our students who enter the job market will never work for a
newspaper, does it make sense to stick with tradition?
Read the whole story at Wired, April 28, 2005 »
