Members of this list, especially younger members, may be interested in a couple of recent articles on the current state and likely future of the newspaper industry. The current Mother Jones has an excellent round up on the economic pressures that are endangering quality journalism. It includes an illuminating discussion of "convergence" -- having reporters handle a variety of new responsibilities, such as filing breaking news stories to the Internet edition, shoot stills and video, appear on TV, and still write more substantial stories for the print edition. It's at: http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/03/breaking_the_news.html American Journalism Review has a story on how young journalists are navigating between their love of the journalism and their recognition that the business is undergoing significant change. Check out: http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4305 If any of you get a chance to look at this stuff, let us know what you think. How are you envisioning your career? Where would you like to be in journalism? What sort of alternative plans do you have, if any? Peter Parisi, Ph.D. Dept. of Film & Media Studies Hunter College 695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 212-772-4949 It's not the suffering itself that is so bad, it's _resenting_ the suffering. --Allen Ginsberg is