I’m in a wonderful class at CMC called “Women’s Magazines and the Female Journalist”, and yesterday our professor arranged a panel of speakers for a lunch at the Athenaeum. These four female journalists—the co-founders of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture magazine, the editor of Ms. Magazine, and a graduate of Pomona who is a staff writer for the East Bay Express—offered great advice and insight into the world of journalism. They also (and here’s why I’m posting to this) replied to a question about the future of journalism in light of the popularity of reading blogs and news online. Almost all women agreed that they don’t necessarily feel threatened by the web. As one said, ‘I think the rumors of the end of the print word are ridiculously exaggerated.” Of course, it would make sense for them to feel this way because, although their publications have websites, their careers are reliant on print.

Just a quick link to an online version of a magazine I've been looking at...