j校里还需要教些什么？
mputers crash, Palm Pilots fail, ballpoint pens freeze in harsh coldand felt-tip pens are useless when covering something like a fire; thespray from the hoses washes away the ink. Pencils never let you down —as long as you keep them sharp, of course.
Young journalists need to learn foreign languages, the more exotic thebetter. Think of the job they could do in Afghanistan if they spokePashto. Then again, who wants to sleep on a mud floor in Kandahar?Better to stick with French, preparing for a Paris assignment andevenings at all those restaurants run by Alain Ducasse (whose name, bythe way, means "Give me your wallet").
j校里还需要教些什么？(第3页)
A course in ethics is inevitable. Alternatively, students can save timefor more interesting pursuits by simply remembering that journalisticethics is that which some are prepared to toss out the window if thestory is big enough.
Young reporters need to be taught to avoid clichés like the plague.
They must also be told never to enter a dangerous situation with aphotographer at their side. Photographers are crazy. The best ones areabsolutely nuts. They stand right there while people are shooting ateach other. You can get hurt that way.
Forget about courses that teach phrases like "off the record,""background" and "deep background." Nobody really understands thedistinctions. Besides, they are generally useless unless you want tospend your career in Washington, waiting, as Russell Baker said, forpoliticians to come out from behind closed doors to lie to you.
Every J-school needs a survival course. Let's say that you are assignedto cover an event where food is served. An inflexible rule is to eatfirst and take notes second. To borrow from Bernard Bard, a colleague atThe New York Post years ago, if it ain't catered, it ain't journalism.
Finally and this one is critical — J-school students must learn never toprepare their expense-account statements when they are in a good mood.The tendency is 《j校里还需要教些什么？(第3页)》
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Young journalists need to learn foreign languages, the more exotic thebetter. Think of the job they could do in Afghanistan if they spokePashto. Then again, who wants to sleep on a mud floor in Kandahar?Better to stick with French, preparing for a Paris assignment andevenings at all those restaurants run by Alain Ducasse (whose name, bythe way, means "Give me your wallet").
j校里还需要教些什么？(第3页)
A course in ethics is inevitable. Alternatively, students can save timefor more interesting pursuits by simply remembering that journalisticethics is that which some are prepared to toss out the window if thestory is big enough.
Young reporters need to be taught to avoid clichés like the plague.
They must also be told never to enter a dangerous situation with aphotographer at their side. Photographers are crazy. The best ones areabsolutely nuts. They stand right there while people are shooting ateach other. You can get hurt that way.
Forget about courses that teach phrases like "off the record,""background" and "deep background." Nobody really understands thedistinctions. Besides, they are generally useless unless you want tospend your career in Washington, waiting, as Russell Baker said, forpoliticians to come out from behind closed doors to lie to you.
Every J-school needs a survival course. Let's say that you are assignedto cover an event where food is served. An inflexible rule is to eatfirst and take notes second. To borrow from Bernard Bard, a colleague atThe New York Post years ago, if it ain't catered, it ain't journalism.
Finally and this one is critical — J-school students must learn never toprepare their expense-account statements when they are in a good mood.The tendency is 《j校里还需要教些什么？(第3页)》
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