http://www.statenews.com After weeks of uncertainty among faculty and students, Lucinda Davenport, an MSU professor of journalism, was announced Wednesday as the interim director of the MSU School of Journalism. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:00:42 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42079 If you want to succeed a reporter, stay as far away as you can from j-school. Trying to get a jump on the future of journalism by listening to dinosaurs is a waste of time and money. Learn journalism by being a journalist. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:10:03 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42079 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42091 If you want to succeed a reporter, stay as far away as you can from j-school. —- That’s why a NEW director was needed. In a field 75% DEAD — need NEW thinking. LONG OVER-DUE. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:53:33 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42091 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42144 Hey JBM, maybe you should visit jrn.msu.edu and take a look at things like The Capital News Service and The Great Lakes Echo if you think the J-school is pure classroom instruction with no practical application. Anti-intellectualism will destroy this country someday. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:18:28 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42144 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42181 Journalism is not intellectual. For example, to insult a researcher-call their research journalism. No discussion of causation, internal validity, external validity, zero methodology concerns, etc. = not intellectual…just fancy gossip. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:06:54 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42181 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42186 They tell us what we want to hear. Not what we need to know. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:31:26 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42186 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42240 “Anti-intellectualism will destroy this country someday.” As will intellectualism [elitism] (as practiced by many). Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:00:42 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/42240