David Megginson on Nostr: npub19fcv2…aay3c I saw that transition. Journalism in the early 80s wasn't blue ...

npub19fcv2nflra09c6p9xz8c8detwj6uy07u4z4m25qh836mnvxtatdq6aay3c (npub19fc…ay3c) I saw that transition. Journalism in the early 80s wasn't blue collar per se, but it was definitely a trade rather than a profession.

Newspapers hired and trained on the job, and J-school grads were scoffed at. My university friends who did go on to careers in journalism didn't have J-school degrees, but learned the hard way, on student papers covering real stories. .../more