University of Self-Learners: what to do after ONA11 Let’s be real, j-school doesn’t teach you everything. The other 362 days outside ONA Conferences, we’re all still learning and consciously teaching ourselves. It’s fun. It’s necessary. And it’s pretty darn hard sometimes. So what to do when you hit a brick wall? How do you learn on your own? What are you going to do after you get home from ONA11 and have to teach yourself everything you still don’t know? Shannon McFarland grew up self-taught. She was homeschooled, then started college at 17 to write for the student newspaper. She’s not an expert, founder or a CEO of anything. She’s a grad student in public affairs reporting at the University of Illinois at Springfield. And she wants to learn everything. Photo of eager student via the Knight Foundation.

University of Self-Learners: what to do after ONA11

Let’s be real, j-school doesn’t teach you everything. The other 362 days outside ONA Conferences, we’re all still learning and consciously teaching ourselves. It’s fun. It’s necessary. And it’s pretty darn hard sometimes. So what to do when you hit a brick wall? How do you learn on your own? What are you going to do after you get home from ONA11 and have to teach yourself everything you still don’t know?

Shannon McFarland grew up self-taught. She was homeschooled, then started college at 17 to write for the student newspaper. She’s not an expert, founder or a CEO of anything. She’s a grad student in public affairs reporting at the University of Illinois at Springfield. And she wants to learn everything.

Photo of eager student via the Knight Foundation.

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