Tuesday, January 15, 2008

What it is and what it isn't

Journalism is as necessary as the pavement over which we drive, the rails over which we run, and the satellite transmissions that connect us to each other around this planet.

It's not the connection it was in centuries (or even decades) past.

Perhaps it never will be.

But like the democracy over which it guards, it is a collective entity that we ignore at our peril.

May journalism educators never lose sight of that bigger picture as we grind out our teaching, mentoring, correcting and inspiring.

History is a moment away. We can change it.

But pity the educator who believes that the process can be made more than institutional routine without the guidance of the Creator of all Truth.

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