Harvard Students Now Embarrassed To Say They Want To Go Into Journalism
The Harvard Crimson has a distinguished place in American journalism — the main hallway at Harvard College’s student newspaper is lined with photos of the 12 alums who went on to win Pulitzer Prizes. So students there are excited about the challenges of reinventing the business for the internet era, right? Well, not exactly.
A few highlights from a Bloomberg piece about life at the Crimson these days:
– Some newspaper recruiters, instead of wooing Harvard students, have nudged them toward other professions: “Newspaper recruiters that came to the Crimson
This is interesting. I knew a few folks at UCLA who were embarrassed about pursuing journalism careers as well. Why do you think this is?