"...da problem is these 18-22 year old 'journalists' ..."
This topic reminds me of a meeting I attended, the SPJ annual conference when it was held in NY. That was years ago now, not sure how many, but it was post-9/11.
I remember it well, because the session was by that woman in the WH press corp that all the Presidents were afraid of, except maybe Clinton. She's Palestinian and retired now, I can't believe I'm forgetting her name. It will come to me. Anyway, I was very early for the meeting and there were a couple of young reporters in the room who I couldn't help but hear, since they were a row or two behind me and the room was almost empty. They were talking about how their editors were changing their stories or pushing them in in directions they didn't want to go. What was published wasn't their message.
I think this kind of stuff factors in, too. They were thinking of quitting, but that is a difficult move. How many papers are there out there. Do you throw away a good job or hope the editor moves on? That was their dilemma.
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