Interest in studying journalism remains high

A piece in USA Today earlier this week points out what many journalism educators have noticed: more and more students want in. At BYU we've had to turn away more each application period for the past couple of years. As the USA Today piece points out, it's a curious phenomenon, given what low esteem journalism is held these days.

Related: "Confessions of a College Journalist -- why aspiring writings should be allowed to fail in private" (Slate)