From the Newsroom: Passionate about a new generation Published: May 8, 2021, 6:01am Share: Columbian Editor Craig Brown I seem to have been meeting and talking with a lot of young journalists and journalism students lately. It’s making me feel better about the future of an occupation I’ve spent most of the last 40 years pursuing. To tell the truth, I haven’t been feeling very optimistic about journalism careers for the last few years. If anyone said to me they wanted to be a journalist, my response would be, “Change your mind!” Job security is a huge issue. According to the employment consulting firm Challenger Gray & Christmas, newsrooms shed 16,160 jobs last year, continuing at least a dozen years of employment decline. Pay has been stagnant, and stress has increased. More journalists have been physically assaulted on the job.