A posting today announcing an academic chair at the University of Central Lancashire Department of Journalism seems to indicate that someone in the industry there is starting to ask the right questions and seeking to leverage the strengths of the profession and its academic counterpart.

In a time when the U.S. journalism establishment is just contributing to academic redundancies (see "Columbia and CUNY Get Grants in Journalism"),  UK Publisher Johnston Press is asking if there might not be a better way to think about, understand and deliver journalism.

From a press release:

"SPONSORED CHAIR IN DIGITAL JOURNALISM ...   more »