What’s in a name? The future – perhaps – for journalism education

Journalism/Works

From Northwestern University’s venerable Medill School of Journalism to the up-and-coming Middle Tennessee State University mass communications program, a name change is more than cosmetic. It’s recognition that the flow of information – from news to public relations to entertainment to electronic media to marketing – is dramatically different in the 21st century, and that college programs need to adapt, adopt and sometimes rename. It’s now The Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications. This episode features an interview with Ken Paulson, dean of the newly tagged MTSU College of Media and Entertainment.