Journalism schools are shifting from learning labs to major media players

Perhaps the most striking change for journalism schools is the degree to which they have shifted from being learning labs whose actual journalism (if any) was limited in its distribution and impact, to being significant -- even major -- media players in our communities. It is clear that in journalism schools across the United States, major projects are increasingly making substantial contributions toward filling the holes left by the hollowing out of local "legacy" media. Read the entire article here.