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A journalism professor offers a fresh approach to training journalists alongside those who consume news and one day might publish it.

With the online generation entering college, some key ingredients for new ways of practicing journalism are arriving with them.

‘Neither the practical (newsroom) model nor a purely academic one is ideal for either the aspiring or the working journalist.’

‘In a marketplace where content and quality once drove consumer decisions, the newspaper now competes visually in a design-savvy, 24-hour free-information age.’

‘… we need to find a way to be both passionate about a subject and dispassionate about its effects and influences on our own country.’

‘This should not be a discussion of how to graft the latest onto the existing.’

‘Evelyn Waugh’s book can’t be read without thinking of today’s wars and how reporters cover them.’

‘… objectivity is a newsroom issue we’ve tackled head-on since the first few days after Katrina hit.’

The challenge involves adjusting to the new rigors of the practice and getting students to think in digital ways.

‘We have become tougher, more aggressive, more skeptical reporters due, at least in part, to the fact that we have a rooting interest in the outcome.’