CUNY J-School Graduation: 'A Fascinating Time of Opportunity'

Here’s the text of the speech delivered by the Dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Now, to be fair, there are plenty of disclaimers in the speech about how it is a bad time, and there are no revenue models in journalism, and how, well, GOOD LUCK KIDS. Also, it is headlined on CUNY’s site as “A Fascinating Time of Opportunity.” Which, you know what? You’re an organization teaching people how to deliver news, and yet you are skewing things that way, like that? Mmmph. It really undercuts statements like “I envision new revenue streams for media.” Well I envision stuff all the time, like last night I had a great idea about people tucking money in my g-string while I pole-danced, which actually is maybe not so much a new revenue stream as a tried and true one? But still. In another way, the good Dean is right. This is a fascinating time! I would love to read about it from the vantage point of the year 2024. (via)