mr. sherwood thank you for being here. i'm justin and a first year ph.d. student here at the journalism school. as someone who is interested in teaching i was wondering if there's anything that you think that we should be teaching our students that may be we're not at this point, something to prepare them for for the future. >> ied a hire what's going on here and in a lot of other institutions, the inner disciplinary approach to things. when we interview younger people they have a very broad set of skills and i think i continue to encourage that to be the case. the intersection between media law and practicing journalism is very important and through wade and a lot of other people's effort that's an initiative that needs to continue in a significant way. nowadays people have to understand technology and they have to understand -- they have to have deep subject matter expertise and i think i would encourage this university and other universities people are trained with depth and not just shallow knowledge that's imagine or active. but limited knowledge of s

mr. sherwood was named president of abc news entire division. under mr. sherwood's leadership, abc news has been anything but complacent. last week it launched a partnership with yahoo! to create the number one use information as for online, reaching nearly 100 million people and serving up to half a billion videos a month. this year, he d.c. news and univision launched fusion recently. they stole one of my favorite lawyers that assures them of good legal advice. this is a network that is to serve and in power the u.s. hispanics. the fastest -- the youngest and the fastest-growing demographic in america. as if that were not enough, mr. sherwood is also the author of two critically acclaimed best-selling novels. the the death and life of charlie's unplowed, which was adopted as a feature film starring zach efron released in 2010. and the man who ate the 747, which is also being developed as a major motion picture and a broadway musical. mr. speed of's latest book is a exploration of the secrets about who bounces back from everyday adversity and who doesn't.

mr. sherwood thank you for being here. a first year ph.d. student here at the journalism school.ing i was wondering if there's anything that you think be teaching our students that may be we're not point, somein

mr. sherwood, you mentioned at -- beginning killers thisning keller's article morning.talked about the dark side as well, which is that freelancers are assuming a lot of the burden of international reporting as major news or in positions cut back end freelancers who are hurt me not have insurance, who are of ducted, as -- who are abducted, as in syria, may not have networks to help them. what is the responsibility of major news organizations in terms of utilizing freelancers rather than hiring people for full-time jobs with all the and the strength of the news or news nation behind them? all, let me acknowledge that one of your first students was our health editor at abc news who was a great contributor and great colleague. dan is a reflection of the qandil students that you put out into the world, abc news is fortunate for what you do every single day. i read the piece and i know very well these very public aided issues about freelancing. on the one hand, these freelancers, the news organizations have depended on them for a very long time -- it is not a new thing -- we

mr. sherwood, you mentioned at the beginning killers -- beginning keller's article this morning. he talked about the dark side as well, which is that freelancers are assuming a lot of the burden of international reporting as major news or in positions cut back end freelancers who are hurt me not have insurance, who are of ducted, as -- who are abducted, as in syria, may not have networks to help them. what is the responsibility of major news organizations in terms of utilizing freelancers rather than hiring people for full-time jobs with all the benefits and the strength of the news or news nation behind them? >> first of all, let me acknowledge that one of your first students was our health editor at abc news who was a great contributor and great colleague. dan is a reflection of the kind of students that you put out into the world, abc news is fortunate for what you do every single day. i read the piece and i know very well these very public aided issues about freelancing. on the one hand, these freelancers, the news organizations have depended on them for a very long time -- i

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