Journalism Education in the U.S. – Past, Present, Future

Little has changed in the way universities teach journalism since the first programs were created more than a hundred years ago. But because of the current political climate, and what some are calling the “Post‑Truth Era”, journalism programs need to adjust. The article focuses on the areas that need attention: revising news values to concentrate more on impact than on timeliness; not quoting lies from news sources; not “sane-washing” by cleaning up disturbing quotes from sources; and not making false equivalences trying to give both sides of issues, showing examples of these problems in media coverage of the latest presidential campaign in the US in 2024.