When I met alumnus Carl Cannon (Jour’75) for lunch in Washington, D.C., last fall, he was still nostalgic for the J-school. I shared my vision for the college and we talked about current faculty research and student projects.
Since that lunch, Carl has joined us in Boulder to talk to students about a career in political journalism, offered to mentor students in D.C. for internships and joined us at several events. Carl is a great storyteller and shares his thoughts on his time on campus in the mid-’70s, why he became a journalist and reconnecting with CU . “As I think about it now, of course I realize the School of Journalism needed to be rethought,” he writes.
Yes, the J-school is gone, but we are actively engaged in educating the next generation of journalists, communicators and media makers, and creating new knowledge. Having the Department of Communication and the new departments of Information Science and Critical Media Practices join journalism, advertising and media studies has formed a college that is committed and better equipped to evolve as times change.
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