Is There a Future for Journalism as a Career?

John O'Bryant Center 118 (1st Floor)

Experienced journalists and those just entering the field - or considering going to school to learn to do so, see layoffs and newspaper/magazine closings and ask: are paid journalists opportunities out there, or should they switch to a field where there are jobs?

About the presenter: Steve Simurda is a journalist with 30 years of experience who has been a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has written for publications that include The Washington Post, Boston Globe, New York Daily News, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, Inc., Yankee, American Health, Lingua Franca, Mother Jones, and many others.