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morvoren · 01-02-2009, 08:10 PM

Speaking as a journalist who has been in the profession for many decades, I never majored in journalism in college. In fact Harvard doesn't have a journalism major either, but its Nieman fellow program for mid career journalists is the best in the world. You learn journalism by doing it; the whole point of Bard is getting a real liberal education, delving into philosophy and science and writing, etc. There are plenty of one year masters programs in journalism at Columbia and other places...if you feel you need to specialize. The city versus country choice is a different issue. Much of that depends on what you have had and what would be new. We are Manhattan people so my son is very taken with the beauty of Bard.

01-02-2009, 08:10 PM	#12
morvoren Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 64	WHY do you want a journalism department? Speaking as a journalist who has been in the profession for many decades, I never majored in journalism in college. In fact Harvard doesn't have a journalism major either, but its Nieman fellow program for mid career journalists is the best in the world. You learn journalism by doing it; the whole point of Bard is getting a real liberal education, delving into philosophy and science and writing, etc. There are plenty of one year masters programs in journalism at Columbia and other places...if you feel you need to specialize. The city versus country choice is a different issue. Much of that depends on what you have had and what would be new. We are Manhattan people so my son is very taken with the beauty of Bard.
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