| Susa is pretty much right. The new program is called "Medill 2020" (as in, preparing you for the future in the year 2020). I know a lot of people who are happier about the changes (to me they sound appealing, but I'm a business student) and a lot who are turned off by it (people who were set on being newspaper/magazine journalists who don't want to hear that print newspapers aren't going to exist in a couple of years). You will all be forced to do broadcast projects, learn about podcasts, integrate business and media with journalism, and various other things of this nature. It's a very varied and interesting program, but it's definitely not "journalism" at its core. I really think that a program like this will truly prepare a "journalist" for the world they will enter post-college, and even if it's not your cup of tea, you will still get such great job placement from Medill that it might be worth it, in the end. It's something to think about, anyway. |