Comments on: I unlearned everything I learned in kindergarten in j-school http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ernest ramirez http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-136285 ernest ramirez Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:46:34 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-136285 some nice statements/for example, teach the students who show up...good point for presence is required for journalism to be real...thank you/09-18-2006 some nice statements/for example, teach the students who show up…good point for presence is required for journalism to be real…thank you/09-18-2006

]]> By: Joan Conde http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2230 Joan Conde Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:36:14 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2230 Thanks for this great post. I wanted to touch base with you about your last comment, which is the most important to me: the world needs more "doers." Yes, and this begins with good thinking, and good re-thinking. Doing requires risk-taking, confidence, and creativity. I'm new to blogging, the above address is my zine. My blog is located at http://mamacita.typepad.com. Thanks for this great post. I wanted to touch base with you about your last comment, which is the most important to me: the world needs more “doers.” Yes, and this begins with good thinking, and good re-thinking. Doing requires risk-taking, confidence, and creativity. I’m new to blogging, the above address is my zine. My blog is located at http://mamacita.typepad.com.

]]> By: Scott Butki http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2211 Scott Butki Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:03:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2211 I wrote my response to Jay's piece here, explaining how his comments fit itno my career change from journalism to education: http://www.scoopstories.typepad.com Also I wanted to invite Jeff and everyone over for a debate about Fox and Outfoxed at my blog I wrote my response to Jay’s piece here, explaining how his comments fit itno my career change from journalism to education:
http://www.scoopstories.typepad.com

Also I wanted to invite Jeff and everyone over for a debate about Fox and Outfoxed at my blog

]]> By: Stan DeVaughn http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2161 Stan DeVaughn Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:11:52 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2161 Having a Internet access doesn't make somebody a "journalist" anymore than owning a wrench makes you a plumber, or knowing the ingredients of a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich makes you a chef. Having a Internet access doesn’t make somebody a “journalist” anymore than owning a wrench makes you a plumber, or knowing the ingredients of a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich makes you a chef.

]]> By: Fenton http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2159 Fenton Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:49:48 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2159 Focusing on the ethos behind what you do is important because it creates trust. That's one reason <a HREF="http://www.craigslist.org" rel="nofollow">Craig's List</a> made out so well from the start. "Journalism," right now, doesn't have much trust from anyone. We tolerate it. I trust anonymous posters on Craigslist far more than I trust most journalists. Focusing on the ethos behind what you do is important because it creates trust. That’s one reason Craig’s List made out so well from the start.

“Journalism,” right now, doesn’t have much trust from anyone. We tolerate it. I trust anonymous posters on Craigslist far more than I trust most journalists.

]]> By: EverKarl http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2141 EverKarl Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:17:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2141 <i>Alas, I used to teach that the world needs more critics; but it was an unexamined thing. Today I would say that the world has a limited tolerance for critics, and while it always needs more do-ers, it does not always need more chroniclers, pundits, or pencil-heads.</i> Jay Rosen: irony-free! Alas, I used to teach that the world needs more critics; but it was an unexamined thing. Today I would say that the world has a limited tolerance for critics, and while it always needs more do-ers, it does not always need more chroniclers, pundits, or pencil-heads.

Jay Rosen: irony-free!

]]> By: penny http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2136 penny Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:34:10 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/i-unlearned-everything-i-learned-in-kindergarten-in-j-school/#comment-2136 IMHO, journalism school is an oxymoron. The best journalists never attended one - Twain, Mencken, Mike Royko, Ernie Pyle, etc. A good journalist, be it anyone reporting any event, needs a sense of fairness, a lack of bias and the verbal talent to craft the facts in a readable manner. It's not rocket science. What is threatening to the professional journalist guild today is that talent is arising outside the guild on the internet, readership is flowing in that direction, and their monoply is eroding. It can't happen fast enough. IMHO, journalism school is an oxymoron. The best journalists never attended one – Twain, Mencken, Mike Royko, Ernie Pyle, etc. A good journalist, be it anyone reporting any event, needs a sense of fairness, a lack of bias and the verbal talent to craft the facts in a readable manner. It’s not rocket science.

What is threatening to the professional journalist guild today is that talent is arising outside the guild on the internet, readership is flowing in that direction, and their monoply is eroding.

It can’t happen fast enough.

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