Journalism schools boom while industry in free fall

Forbes.com reports there are full classrooms at America’s journalism schools even though the industry is hemorrhaging jobs. In Journalism Bust, J-School Boom the magazine’s website reports:

The Pew Research Center estimates 5,000 newspaper jobs were lost in 2008. Since 2001, more than 10,000 newspaper journalists have lost work, leaving the total count of those still employed at 47,000 nationwide. It’s getting worse, fast. Erica Smith, who runs the online layoff tracker Paper Cuts, counts nearly 7,500 newsroom jobs lost so far this year.

And yet applications for America’s top journalism schools are up on last year. Columbia has seen a 38 percent increase in applications. And course fees are up too.

If you can explain why this is happening please get in touch via the comments.

Journalism Bust, J-School Boom – Forbes.com