It's getting to the point where something needs to happen. We need some action. Otherwise, I see a generation of journalists coming out of journalism school unsure about the future. I was talking to a colleague who is the same age as I am. We couldn't believe what we were hearing from some young journalists currently in journalism school or running community newspapers about the challenges of getting a job. I think that creates an ultimate brain drain, and it creates a democratic deficit.
Mrs. Henley was talking about the number of people citing Cecil Rosner's book and the number of PR people who are going in that PR direction with their careers instead of journalism. I think that creates a huge problem for our democracy in the long term.