David Carr lets some light in

In a thoughtful, poignant Media Equation column, NY Times writer David Carr tackles the media's downward trend. He discusses many topics that have been talked about to death: the decline in print advertising, the migration of readers to the Web, the slashing of staffs across publishing companies - from Conde Nast to the New York Times. Soon-to-be graduates of journalism seem to be the most likely targets of his advice, and while it acknowledges that the field is indeed changing, he still gives someone like me hope:

For every kid that I bump into who is wandering the media industry looking for an entrance that closed some time ago, I come across another who is a bundle of ideas, energy and technological mastery. The next wave is not just knocking on doors, but seeking to knock them down.

So there it is, if someone like David Carr can still see the light at the end of the tunnel, there's no reason why a 20-something college grad can't see it as well.