I should probably withhold my opinion until all the information is out, but I have little willpower so:
Even though I won't benefit from this as a consumer of news (I only travel to NYC for work) I welcome the existence of another newspaper.
I do agree that students should be paid for their work, especially for investigative pieces that require time & effort.
I don't know if the project involves undergrad as well as grad students, but I would hope that it involves only grad students, i.e. people that already have in-depth knowledge about some subject.
And yes, I know it's foolish and idealistic to think that schools will one day admit that they're stiffing any undergrad who's actually paying for a j-school degree.I'm not saying that journalism degrees are worthless; I'm only saying that undergrad journalism degrees are worthless (and rightfully so)
On The 'Times' Comes for the East Village with Another Non-Paying Student Paper
I should probably withhold my opinion until all the information is out, but I have little willpower so:
Even though I won't benefit from this as a consumer of news (I only travel to NYC for work) I welcome the existence of another newspaper.
I do agree that students should be paid for their work, especially for investigative pieces that require time & effort.
I don't know if the project involves undergrad as well as grad students, but I would hope that it involves only grad students, i.e. people that already have in-depth knowledge about some subject.
And yes, I know it's foolish and idealistic to think that schools will one day admit that they're stiffing any undergrad who's actually paying for a j-school degree.I'm not saying that journalism degrees are worthless; I'm only saying that undergrad journalism degrees are worthless (and rightfully so)