Comments on: links for 2009-04-26 http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/26/links-for-2009-04-26/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:38:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Write This Way: Writing and Editing Links for April 27, 2009 « Write Livelihood http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/26/links-for-2009-04-26/comment-page-1/#comment-1227456 Write This Way: Writing and Editing Links for April 27, 2009 « Write Livelihood Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:38:47 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/26/links-for-2009-04-26/#comment-1227456 [...] have to thank Amy Gahran of Contentious for this link: It’s a provocative essay from 2002 on the potential obsolescence of journalism [...] [...] have to thank Amy Gahran of Contentious for this link: It’s a provocative essay from 2002 on the potential obsolescence of journalism [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/26/links-for-2009-04-26/comment-page-1/#comment-1227454 Dave Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/26/links-for-2009-04-26/#comment-1227454 I think they're onto something. Forbes ran a comparison story on CEOs with no formal education vs CEOs with MBAs and PhDs. They discovered that companies run by CEOs without any formal education actually did better than companies run by degreed CEOs. I'm betting the same holds true for young people diving into journalism and "just doing it" versus those who study it formally. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2002/04/25/0425ceoschools.html" rel="nofollow">Here's the Forbes story.</a> I think they’re onto something. Forbes ran a comparison story on CEOs with no formal education vs CEOs with MBAs and PhDs.

They discovered that companies run by CEOs without any formal education actually did better than companies run by degreed CEOs.

I’m betting the same holds true for young people diving into journalism and “just doing it” versus those who study it formally.

Here’s the Forbes story.

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