“Aspiring journalists should stop going to journalism programs and go to some other kind of grad school. If I was studying today, I would go get a master’s in statistics, and maybe do a bunch of accounting courses and then write from that perspective. I think that’s the way to survive. The role of the generalist is diminishing. Journalism has to get smarter.”

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Malcolm Gladwell’s Advice For Young Journalists: Skip J-School - mediabistro.com: FishbowlNY (via kl7) (via interweber)

GENIUS IDEA. NO ONE GO TO JOURNALISM SCHOOL SAYS MAN WHO RECEIVED A ONE MILLION DOLLAR ADVANCE FOR HIS FIRST BOOK.

ALSO, LEARN NUMBERS. BTW, DON’T COME INTO MY FIELD B/C THERE ARE NO JOBS.

KTHX

-MG