Nerds Who 'Save Journalism'

We’re getting sick of the phrase “save journalism” as if journalism is a tangible thing…but regardless.

Thought you would like to check out Time magazine’s piece, “Can Computer Nerds Save Journalism?” The first graduates of a new Medill program—which trains computer programmers to be journalists, rather than training journalists to be programmers— have hit the streets and will start their new jobs soon. Brian Boyer, for example, starts this month as a “news applications editor” at the Chicago Tribune.

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