If the New York Times and its brethren are seeing lower circulation numbers and the network newsmedia are seeing fewer viewers, what does that do for people considering a career in journalism? Wouldn't you expect to see fewer people applying for journalism schools?
An interesting metric would be the average combined SAT or GRE scores of those entering into the Columbia University School of Journalism. With fewer applicants, you would expect those numbers to decrease.
Actually, you'd probably see it first at the secondary journalism schools. Hmmm. I wonder where you could find such data.
I went through the journalism program back in high school. Three years on the paper and two on the yearbook. It's there that I learned I didn't want a part in the media.
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