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Milfred: Newspapers still kickin’ two decades past ‘deadline’

The big news last week was unemployment, which hit its highest rate â?? 7.6 percent â?? since 1992.

I remember 1992 well. That was the year I graduated from the UW-Madison journalism school, entering a tough job market and a profession notorious for low pay. I remember seeing a long list of UW-Madison majors next to their expected annual entry-level salaries.

Journalism was dead last â?? below even philosophy majors.