Mediagazer: Many j-schools 'still haven't mastered the Web,' Knight says (Andrew Beaujon/Poynter)

11:00 AM ET, March 19, 2013

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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:

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Roque Planas / The Huffington Post:

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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Many j-schools 'still haven't mastered the Web,' Knight says — “I doubt academia will handle the digital age well,” the Knight Foundation's Eric Newton writes on the organization's blog. Writing about Indiana University's plan to combine its journalism school with other programs, he says …

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