What Skills Will Future Journalists Need?

• A multitasker, juggling various responsibilities and roles, many which may have nothing to do with "traditional" journalism.
• Technologically savvy, having at least a basic understanding of programming, web tools, and web culture.
• A gatekeeper for a particular beat, directing readers to the most current and trustworthy news, regardless of who wrote it or where it's housed.
• A versatile storyteller, who knows how to present a story online in various formats.
• A brand and a community manager, who cultivates a constant and interactive conversation with their readership.

 

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ये सभी कोट्स अमेरिका से हैं क्योंकि हमारे भारत में विश्वविद्यालयों के पत्रकारिता विभाग गई-गुजरी फैकल्टीज के हवाले हैं और उनमें यह औकात नहीं कि वे पत्रकारिता को दिशा दे सकें। यह स्थिति बहुत दुखद है लेकिन वास्तविकता यही है।

"I think it's very important for journalists to look at what is happening in the real world, and try to find ways where their skills can be used to meet real market needs. If you can have your own baseline business of clientele and services that you offer, you can still have another job. When they lay you off or fire you -- and they will, that's the way that business is -- you don't want to be stuck scrambling. You will be in a much better position to guide your own career and take the work that you want, if you can be in business for yourself." -- Amy Gahran, info-provocateur, media consultant, and former writer for Poynter's E-Media Tidbits

"My major concern with the emerging class of journalism students [is that] ... a lot of them see what's going on in the industry, not just newspapers, but broadcast and radio as well, and they don't want to be a part of it anymore. What kind of message is being sent to the next generation of journalists right now? It's really sad to see. So, you just wonder who's going to step up and be there?" -- Adam Chadwick, a filmmaker currently working on "Fit to Print," a documentary exploring the decline of the U.S. newspaper industry

"We are trying to be a lot more welcoming ... we are trying to encourage more dialogue than we did in years gone by. I think that's helping not only do the job that we are called to do, but its going be something that rescues the press." -- Michael Ray Smith, professor of communication studies, Campbell University

"I think the question becomes how much of a role do journalists have with regards to the future of journalism. In my opinion, they hold all the cards at this point ... journalism and reporting are still the same. That has not changed one bit. The tools that we use to do it, that's what is changing so rapidly." -- Bill Handy, visiting professor, Oklahoma State University

"You have too many people that are old, or my age, that are moaning ... and they are really missing the tidal wave. My students are riding the crest of that tidal wave. As a matter of fact, they don't even know it's a tidal wave ... that they are in a digital tsunami. They are just having fun in the water, and guys my age are on the beach and seeing this tsunami and running like hell." -- Benjamin A. Davis, former producer at MSNBC.com and NPR, and current instructor at Rutgers University

"A great deal is the same. The job is still is try to figure out what is significant and interesting and go report on it, and tell stories, and try to disperse that as best you can, to the public. Of course all of those steps have changed along the way. What is significant and interesting has changed, how you report is changing somewhat, and how we disperse it is changing a lot. But the basic tools are still reporting and storytelling." -- Mike Hoyt, executive editor of Columbia Journalism Review