We realize that we are teaching change [to students]. ... The structure of the industry changes and with it their jobs. And the structure of narrative changes as we have new ways to tell stories. So we are also teaching our students choice. They no longer pick a medium at the beginning of their careers and stick with it. Now, every time they tell a story, they have to make choices about the best ways to do that for their audience and for the story itself.
So, instead of McLuhan's "medium is the message," we have to do something I've been trying to educate myself to do for a generation: choose the appropriate medium for the message at hand. Hozzanah.
Oh, one more thing: I'm jealous of the offer Jarvis' journalism school makes to educate its students in the new tools forever: "As the tools of journalism continue to evolve in the Internet age, they can return to the school throughout their careers to update their technical and professional skills." I live in terror that my MBA (like Jarvis' school, part of the City U of NY) is rapidly decreasing in relevance, though it be a year old, and wonder when someone will supersede WACC and APV with some other way of valuing a company -- as just one example. So, c'mon educators: follow suit, will ya?
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