The academy may not be the answer

Doug Fisher says journalism schools "are unlikely to lead the 'revolution'" in teaching new journalists how to succeed in the digital world. Short summary: J-schools are generally very, very bad at looking forward.

Case in point: The J-school here recently denied tenure to a leading blog scholar. We have several folks who can teach digital skills, but it remains to be seen how well prepared our grads are going to be for a world of online media. I'm still in the early stages of learning about it all myself, so I don't have much to say about it yet.