Journalism Student Defends Major: 'We're Headed Into an Industry That is Alive and Kicking'
Melanie Stone, journalism student at DePaul University, has just about had it with people badmouthing our industry.
In a Business Insider piece she writes:
“Everyone is hating on journalism, and I’m tired of it. Two years ago, I shipped off to college, wide-eyed and ready to write. I had plans: I would master the feature lede. I would abhor the Oxford comma. I would graduate with my journalism degree and run off to The Chicago Tribune where surely, surely I’d be hired to be the next page-two columnist.”
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