Should students be trained as overseas correspondents?

That's the heart of this American Journalism Review online special. Given the fact that overseas reporting jobs are drying up like the Arctic ice during global warming, should America's journalism schools be offering such programs? It's a real question -- but how is it any different than asking whether we should be offering training in reporting for newspapers, since every day it seems someone or other is cutting staff.

My answer to both is that somebody's going to be doing the reporting and writing, both here and abroad. I'm proud of the recent Marquette Univesity students working in online and magazines as well as newspapers -- I know of one working on a book. Somebody is going to be creating content for all forms of media, and if we don't training them, who will?