Talking to future journalists at UW

Could journalism be any more different today than it was when I started over 50 years ago? How on earth can you give advice to aspiring journalists about their futures today?

Those questions loomed high in my mind recently.

So there I was, trying to interpret their futures to juniors and seniors at the University of Wyoming.

After 51 years in media, it was easy to see myself in their faces, only a half century earlier. They were embarking on a career that might last as long as mine has – but it will certainly be different.

They are the beginning while I am near the end of what I call a 50-year...