The continued decline of professional journalism

[DripDrop]

Guess what? Nobody wants the label of being a journalist, and to work at the msn.
The kids are gonna be alright

Vancouver's Langara College considering discontinuing journalism program

Another B.C. post-secondary institution is at risk of shuttering an entire program as educators note declining student enrollment.

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Langara considers pausing journalism program

As post-secondary institutions across the country struggle with low enrollment numbers, we’re now learning that the journalism program that’s existed for six decades at Langara College is at risk of being cut. Cecilia Hua has more.

vancouver.citynews.ca

Professional journalists tell students not to lose hope as Langara considers discontinuing journalism program

As Langara College has announced the possible shutdown of its journalism program, professional journalists in B.C. are pushing students to continue.

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[ovarieasy]

That 'school' appears to be attended by nothing but chinese, SEAmonkeys and browns.
But of course this is the case everywhere in Canuckistan.

 

[CaptainTrouble]

I can't imagine journalism teaching anything useful. I remember reading studies that journalist majors both have the lowest IQ of all majors and they have the least amount of sex (seems surprising but this isn't number of sexual partners, it's frequency of consistent sex). Farmers were number 1 on the sex thing. Either way, sounds like journalists are stupid incels.

Just get a degree in Statistics with a minor in History and take some Econ courses. Perfect for journalism. Why does anything need anything else? Oh, wait... journalists can't actually get this sort of degree because they're stupid. Just skip the degree and get AI to write everything.

 

[ChevChelios]

"Farmers were number 1 on the sex thing"

Maybe with animals

 

[Hirudinea]

They do enjoy ploughing.

 

[ex_libris]

From experience: think of the dodgiest, most grasping, venal, least sincere and not-terribly-bright or trustworthy person you know in your social circles. That describes every journalist I've ever known.

 

[ChevChelios]

I remember someone once saying that the defining characteristic of journalists is that they imagine themselves to be part of the power structure even though they actually have very little power and even less money, so their inclination is to affect a pose of superiority over ordinary people while sucking up to the elites in a (usually futile) hope of currying favour and advancing their careers

 

[Glowie]

Journalists take the quick clickbait and ragebait idea and make money off of it. They are akin to a town crier. Nothing of importance is really lost.

 

[Shockadee]

Strange thing is, it didn't used to be like this before the internet...