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Seems like a nice potential solution would be promoting dual majors in journalism and history so journalists could provide deep historical context for the event
by whistlerbrk 8y ago
Seems like a nice potential solution would be promoting dual majors in journalism and history so journalists could provide deep historical context for the events they report on
- yyyymmddhhmmss 8y agoThat would be very problematic for selling ads, though.
- Ma8ee 8y agoThis is one reason why some of us choose to pay for journalism.
- cies 8y agoI paid and still saw ads, "advertorials" (disgusting), and verbatim copies of press releases + PR firm handouts. So I stopped paying. If someone can point me to proper news sites that give me quality paid news, please do so.
- ggm 8y agoYou won't like my answer. I pay for the guardian. It's proper news. I would pay for the Australian but I refuse to pay Murdoch press. I would strongly consider paying for the washpo or the economist.
- Chris2048 8y agoHow do you know it's "proper news"?
- ggm 8y agoHow does anyone know its proper news? Contextually I think it means from a newspaper which employs trained journalists and with an established editorial policy you can find on the web. Agreeing with it isn't the point btw.
- cies 8y agoWhy should I not like your answer? I like a lot from the Guardian, it was on my list actually. Thanks for your suggestion.
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- cm2187 8y agoHigh school should provide enough general culture in history to enable people to have basic notions and make history books accessible should people want to learn more about a specific period. I don’t think a college degree in history should be required for that.
- nerdponx 8y agoIndeed. I suspect a part of the reason for the rise of college education as a necessity is the failure of public education to actually educate. I went to a pretty good high school, and I feel like I learned a lot, but I still feel like we could have learned more, and learned it better I went to a pretty good high school, and I feel like I've learned a lot, but I still feel like we could have learned more, and learned it better.
- hopler 8y agoYou believe that liberal arts college professors offer nothing of value?
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoYou believe that putting words in peoples' mouths is a good way to conduct a conversation?
- idoubtit 8y agoJournalists often have at least two objectives: conveying information and attracting an audience (which might be directly related to selling ads). Providing a deep historical context does help with the quality of information, but it won't attract a large audience. The reality is even worse: it costs more to produce deep reports, but many viewers/readers will avoid those, and ads are harder to sell on historical subjects. Most Americans now use social networks as their main source of information, with TV on second place, so I doubt this show an appetite for a better quality of information.
- nerdponx 8y agoThat's why a having a degree in something, where you have the knowledge relatively close at hand, is valuable. It can turn a deep report into a routine article.
- matt4077 8y agoIt’s rather common for journalists not to have a degree specific to journalism. Many have a liberal arts degree, which focuses heavily on history and philosophy. But there’s also a significant number of lawyers, business majors, or even MDs.
- adjwilli 8y agoFWIW, AP everyday publishes "Today in History" (https://www.apnews.com/c543085359964ecb9ad6f6a9da21c3d0 https://www.apnews.com/c543085359964ecb9ad6f6a9da21c3d0) and even makes a video for syndication.