By the amount of spelling errors I've seen in NYT articles, I think hiring a dozen high school-only farm boys would garner better results than paying the univer

By the amount of spelling errors I've seen in NYT articles, I think hiring a dozen high school-only farm boys would garner better results than paying the university schlubs they've already got doing their proof-reading. Print Journalism courses have been increasingly irrelevant since Gonzo became increasingly mainstream. Music, sports, etc. all rely more on personal opinion than they ever did. Journalism courses don't teach personal opinion, it's innate. Major editors in the UK have openly expressed that they aren't interested in journalism graduates, they care more about personal experiences handed to them with an example of good writing with personal experience. Pick up a british tabloid, it isn't Journalism courses teaching writing completely biased completely unobjective articles. I have friends in journalism, I know they're not, and I know they're going to struggle like all hell to get a job.