You might wonder why anyone would want to be a journalist in these times of disappearing jobs and shrinking paychecks. Actually, journalism school has never been more popular and the annual high school journalism day at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism is so popular that they now have it TWICE a year!I moderated the panel on the Role of the Multimedia Storyteller and it was a good chance to test some of the material from my upcoming book on a real live group of students.
Here are my fellow panelists. Jessica Gelt, who writes the Daily Dish and other entertainment content for the Los Angeles Times made everyone envy her cool job, despite the huge workload. KABC online producer Owen Michael explained how the Eyewitness News web site comes together. The students provided a good window on how high school journalism is changing. One sharp young man from West Torrance wondered how to drive traffic to the website of his school newspaper, now that it's no longer published on dead trees. Here's the group from Long Beach Poly High.
Kudos to Sebastian and Jesus for making sure my multimedia presentation went off without a hitch and the incomparable Diane Guthman for organizing an event that is sure to inspire the next generation.
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