Should Newspapers Start Offering College Courses?

by SodaHead News Posted June 28, 2011 20:02:27

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According to a recent Gallup poll, the American public's trust in newspapers is on the rise. So what better time than now for The New York Times to make its transition into the education industry?

Yep, you read that correctly. The popular newspaper is getting ready to open a program that will grant four-year degrees at some point in the future, if things go according to plan.

While the programs will not count toward any degree, they represent the media company’s first foray into multicourse online sequences intended to confer a coherent body of knowledge. And that is yet another step toward full-fledged degree programs, which are coming, according to Felice Nudelman, the company’s executive director of education.

"Full-fledged degrees" might be a long way off, but it could be indicative of the direction the education industry will take in the future.

The Washington Post has reportedly implemented similar programs.

More: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/06/28/new_...

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Gwen June 29, 2011 11:53:45

No

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"According to a recent Gallup poll, the American public's trust in newspapers is on the rise.'

OH REALLY?!...

From the article...and no mention of Gallup...

"The Times Company, which has seen its annual revenues fall by about 30 percent in the last five years, has waded into the waters of higher education more deliberately than some of its peers"
"The Times Company would not disclose how much money it has been making from its higher ed forays, but Nudelman says it has been “very happy” with the outcome so far"

A more accurate interpretation of the Gallup poll:

"One other interesting part of the Gallup poll was that public confidence in newspapers did not rise alongside trust in TV news."
http://www.commentarymagazine...

btw ...the poll was a wopping 1000 people....and related to how they like the news sources they read...which meant that they would give an opinion of probably what they bought...
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Louisa July 01, 2011 19:57:44

No

Newspapers? What's a newspaper?

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sglmom June 30, 2011 06:48:07

No

Are you serious?

the msm is totally NOT .. trustworthy in any sense of the word ..

WHY should we WASTE any more time or attention on something that outlived its usefulness and is only around as a self-promotional arm to the ones they sponsored into public office?

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Sister Jean June 29, 2011 22:05:13

No

+1
no

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tdterry1999 June 29, 2011 20:44:00

No

+2
What are they going to teach.How to go under.

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drdos1943 June 29, 2011 20:05:52

No

+2
With the current state of bias in the news, there is one course that newspapers, especially, the New York Times, must never offer.....a course in journalism.

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Assault June 29, 2011 19:10:28

No

+1
What SodaHead fails to mention is that the Washington Post is running a scam...

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Sheila June 29, 2011 18:53:45

No

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Can't you just hear the cries of "NO!! We want to stay relevant!!" echoing through the halls of the NY Slimes?

They certailny won't be giving ethics classes anytime soon. But we might need some propaganda classes and they are very qualified for those!!

Again thanks for the third choice!!

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Stan Kapusta June 29, 2011 18:51:18

No

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What are they going to teach. How to write what the owners and the editors want you to read. See the reporter who wrote the trust in newspapers is on the rise and some believed it. Lesson 1 there is 1 born every minute. I see 25 of them at this time. [They said yes]

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bob June 29, 2011 17:40:56

Yes

If it is education not an agenda

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Sheila to bob June 29, 2011 19:01:36

They can't be combined? Be real man! You are usually very straight thinking!

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Tau_Seti June 29, 2011 16:44:59

No

+2
I would have preferred the "In what, deception?" option.

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T. Roll June 29, 2011 15:52:49

No

+3
Journalism majors = couldn't hack the sciences and math.

Almost all the journailsm / communication majors I knew wanted to "change the world" and now are looking for work.

The people I knew who went into medicine and nursing and engineering are the ones who actually have helped others.

Just an observation.

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Welshtaff June 29, 2011 15:39:46

Yes

Anything will help right now to put people to work.

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freethinker June 29, 2011 12:41:28

No

+5
What How to Not Think for yourself???? How to become an American Hating Libber/Oppressor??

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Mordecai Jones June 29, 2011 12:41:11

Yes

+5
Well, you used to be able to get a college degree out of a Cracker Jacks box as a prize so why not a from a newspaper? Just think finally a instead of a BS in education you could get a BS in BS.

So who trusts newspapers in the US?

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Sheila to Mordeca... June 29, 2011 19:03:07

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I am pretty sure you get the BS in BS at the school of hard knocks.....LOL!!

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Mordeca... to Sheila June 29, 2011 19:05:53

+2
Nope, I have a Master's - but I got it before colleges became a newspaper event.

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Sheila to Mordeca... June 30, 2011 14:27:19

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LOL, if yours is in BS then I want to take the classes you took. Should qualify you for life in congress!

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Gwen June 29, 2011 11:53:45

No

+8
"According to a recent Gallup poll, the American public's trust in newspapers is on the rise.'

OH REALLY?!...

From the article...and no mention of Gallup...

"The Times Company, which has seen its annual revenues fall by about 30 percent in the last five years, has waded into the waters of higher education more deliberately than some of its peers"
"The Times Company would not disclose how much money it has been making from its higher ed forays, but Nudelman says it has been “very happy” with the outcome so far"

A more accurate interpretation of the Gallup poll:

"One other interesting part of the Gallup poll was that public confidence in newspapers did not rise alongside trust in TV news."
http://www.commentarymagazine...

btw ...the poll was a wopping 1000 people....and related to how they like the news sources they read...which meant that they would give an opinion of probably what they bought...

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srini June 29, 2011 11:48:58

No

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Basically stunt to shore up revenue--the papers (particularly NY Slimes haven't yet figured out why their readers are dropping in droves, and this is symptomatic.

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Ken June 29, 2011 10:48:06

No

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I would love to see the curriculum for a 4-year degree from the NY Times. I'm sure the standards would be very rigorous... like "Liberalism 101," "How to play the race card," "Adding Bias to Your Story," "Ignore news you're not interested in" (that would probably be in the graduate program),.... I wonder if they'd include O's two big education topics - math and science? "Polling Only Dems so you get the results you want" "How to make black ink read commie red"....

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James Rowntree June 29, 2011 09:48:23

No

+5
No need for media sponsored (media owned) students and courses.
Just try telling the truth. Old fashioned Journalism.
NOT the loony left libtard spin, lies, propaganda and PC garbage they keep trying to feed us.
Don't trust the mainstream media.

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Brian Tristan MacQuillan June 29, 2011 07:41:29

No

+5
Holy crap! You thought college campuses were bad?

Newspapers in this country are going down the drain because the majority of people do not want to read the drivel written in them. So indeed, lets teach more people to write drivel. To tilt stories. To insert their disguised opinion into hard news stories. Brilliant! Marx and Mao would be proud. Onward comrades, right into the drain. Let me get a bucket of water to wash you down with.

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AL June 29, 2011 06:30:59

No

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Only for liberal Socialist brain washed dummies, that can't write anything but lame stream propaganda!

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an June 29, 2011 05:52:17

Yes

Elsewhere its regularly seen, that courses are in,usually for teenagers.ifits basic well understandable, and above all useful, why not.its just an additional quality, evryone would value

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MOMMA THOMAS June 29, 2011 05:02:59

Yes

EXPERIENCED EXPERTS WHO HAVE SPECIALIZED IN JOURNALISM A LIFETIME, ....WHY NOT?

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T1 to MOMMA T... June 29, 2011 12:38:20

b/c they are typical leftists

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les_gvt June 29, 2011 04:43:43

No

+5
heaven forbid the NYT would consider an unbiased e en handed article as a way to attract new business or readers.

this paper is so far left it makes Pravda look conservative

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weazle June 29, 2011 04:22:39

Yes

+3
If "The Times" would make it's college courses available to their reporters and editors this could be a big plus for everyone that has ever tried to suffer through one of their articles.

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Ruthless Progressive June 29, 2011 03:33:30

Yes

I'm sure it'll be fun for some people. It'll help the newspaper industry, while at the same time, help aspiring journalists become better.

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Nam Era Vet #1 God Bless June 29, 2011 03:26:10

Yes

Kool

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Hudson June 29, 2011 01:45:14

Yes

Innovation.

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apachehellfire65 June 29, 2011 01:29:12

Yes

as long as its not truth in journalism!

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RogerCoppock June 29, 2011 01:00:43

Yes

This is not new. There were Journalist Intern positions with newspapers for college credit when I was in school, half-a-century ago.

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dawn June 28, 2011 23:07:57

Yes

But you must be aware that what you will be taught will be biased, I guess, just like all other college campuses are anyway, so whats the difference?

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Rick June 28, 2011 23:01:57

No

+3
What will the Times' first course offering be? "Objective Journalism 101"?

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Jareth Majere June 28, 2011 22:32:43

Yes

at least they could be more hands on in the journalism arena

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Mog of War June 28, 2011 22:18:33 (edited)

No

+3
According to Gallup poll the American public's trust in newspapers is on the rise... So according to me, Gallup polls are full of $h*t! I stopped buying into the results of Gallup polls after I realized that they remove people from their survey group base on their performance. (i.e. if they don't like the poll data you produce the stop calling you with new polls) Made me sure that either they had some sort of bias, or they liked to sort people into neatly defined categories.

Made me wonder. If they are supposed to look at demographic changes, how are they going to track them if they stop polling subjects who demonstrate them empirically?

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Sgt Major B June 28, 2011 22:18:10 (edited)

No

+3
Trust the New York times or the Washington Post (aka Pravda on the Potomac)?? LMAO!!

Maybe they can offer a combined class in 'Creative Journalism' with Jason Blair and Janet Cooke for professors!

The only thing either of those rags is good for is lining bird cages and wrapping garbage!

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Defend ... to Sgt Maj... June 29, 2011 00:19:30

+1
that would be only redundant and the same as Progressive Colleges

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