Mark Effron

Here’s How We Can Reinvent Local News

[Commentary] The local news business is in serious trouble. So what can be done? As someone who once ran news coverage for both a major group and a major cable news network this is what I would do:

Who Says Journalism Is A Dead-End Major?

[Commentary] Journalism models are changing rapidly. But don’t make the mistake of thinking the craft is dying. At J-schools, students demonstrate the “desire to find out what’s really going on,” and the fact they are anxious “to communicate that through vivid language and strong images, gives me hope for their future, and the future of journalism.”
[Mark Effron, a veteran media executive, teaches at Montclair State University in New Jersey]