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• [1] ginzberg from pittsburgh December 11, 2008 - 12:16PM

  Hey Leonard -

  I teach journalism in Pittsburgh and I'm a Columbia J School grad. I sort of agree with Laskas that you don't talk about the marketplace, just focus on writing. However, if the issue comes up, you can't ignore it, especially at the grad school level. Columbia J school cranks out like 250 grads each year. Thousands more writers and journalists also hit the marketplace from other schools at the same time. At the same time, many universities are expanding their communications programs, which includes writing. But as we know, journalism jobs--at newspapers and magazines; see the headlines today about Newsweek--are drying up. Somebody needs a reality check.

  
  
• [2] Renee from Greenwich December 11, 2008 - 12:18PM

  Can someone tell me where the word BLOG comes from? Is it shorthand for something?

  
  
• [3] AWM from UWS December 11, 2008 - 12:23PM

  Renee,

  WeB LOG

  Britney Spears?!!!

  I'm gone, bye-bye!

  
  
• [4] feh December 11, 2008 - 12:25PM

  It's sad to hear Leonard have to interview Grigoriades about Britney Spears. They must be holding a gun to his head.

  I have nothing against Britney, I have something against a media that continues to feed the public news about someone who was pimped out by her own family at such a young age to the entertainment industry.

  enough is enough.

  
  
• [5] Janet from Harlem from Harlem December 11, 2008 - 12:30PM

  Contrary to what Vanessa says, The Newhouse School as Syracuase has a fantastic magazine writing curriculum with a long-time and beloved professor Bill Glavin. The problem is his students get out and find it's just not valid as a profession anymore. So sad.

  
  
• [6] Katie from New York Magazine Art Department December 11, 2008 - 12:30PM

  Hi Lenoard, Just fyi, New York Magazine still has a huge print edition library archive. In addition the online archives are completely massive.

  Best,

  Katie

  
  
• [7] Elisabeth from new york December 11, 2008 - 12:31PM

  I'm a senior at the New School, majoring in Journalism, and I can tell you from recent experience that a major part of our education is constantly reading current magazines as well as the important journalists of the past century, like Mitchell and Turkel and all the New Yorker crews, etc. We're a bit terrified about entering the field because, as your contributor said, there aren't many jobs.

  
  
• [8] Pamela Ross from NY December 11, 2008 - 12:38PM

  I knew of the name Joseph Mitchell but I could not remember why. I just did a quick Google search and within moments, the writer's sad, silent years came rushing back to mind. I can't imagine anything more painful than a bare, unwritten life.

  
  
• [9] Peter from Sunset Park December 11, 2008 - 12:49PM

  What’s the deal with magazines like the Economist not listing authors? I recently heard an interview with a writer who was introduced as writing both for the Economist and for the official Egyptian news agency service. If the Economist listed their authors , then readers could know if there was any conflict of interest in reporting.

  
  
• [10] Lauren Starke from New York magazine PR dept December 11, 2008 - 12:56PM

  In addition to the in-house library Katie mentions, NY mag is participating in Google's magazine archive project, so you can peruse our first 30 years here: http://books.google.com/books?id=OugCAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=2_2&atm_aiy=1965#all_issues_anchor

  The most recent 10 years are here: http://nymag.com/nymag/toc/2008/

  
  
• [11] Luna from Brooklyn December 11, 2008 - 12:57PM

  What was the blog that they mentioned repeatedly?