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29 07 2008

What is a journalist to do?

Posted by: Tom Keefe, in General, blogging, communications, podcast

(from left) John Ryan, Jim Tidwell and Rick Popely

The graphic to the left features (from left): John Ryan, advisor of Student Publications at my alma mater, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill.; Jim Tidwell, chairman of the Journalism Department at EIU; and Rick Popely, reporter at the Chicago Tribune and an EIU journalism alum.

The latest CommaKazi Speek podcast features interviews of these two former and one current journalists (the two former journalists teach journalism at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Il). We discuss the current state of journalism and what the next wave of journalism graduates may face.

I conducted the interviews on July 18, after a charity golf outing at EIU, my alma mater, to benefit the Gene Seymour Journalism Scholarship. (No thanks to me, my foursome managed to win third place.)

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2 Responses to “What is a journalist to do?”

  1. Niel says:
    August 5th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    Come on Tom, there must be a sport you can excel at!

  2. Tom Keefe says:
    August 6th, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Niel, when you reach my age (read the next post to learn the age), sports becomes something to watch others attempt. I enjoyed running around, swimming and diving, and rough-housing with middleschoolers in late July. But my knees are still complaining!

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