Times Are Tough for News Media, but Journalism Schools Are Still Booming

COLUMBIA, Mo. � These are tough times for journalism.

The newspaper industry cut more than 2,000 jobs last year as it continued to lose readers and advertisers to the Internet. Network newscasts are being propped up by older viewers and continue to lose market share to cable. Regular reports of ethical breaches are undermining public trust in all news organizations, bloggers accuse the mainstream media of being arrogant and clueless, and Wall Street expresses little confidence in its financial future.But there is one corner of the profession still enjoying a boom: journalism schools.