Encouraging words in discouraging times

San Francisco Weekly laments the layoff of a noted journalist from the area, David Weir, he is putting a positive spin to these turbulent times, both in his personal blog and in comments e-mailed to the SF Weekly:

To all young journalists trying to cope with these troubling times I say: Keep
on reporting, reporting, reporting, writing, writing, writing, and editing,
editing, editing. Start a blog, send me a link, and I'll try to promote your
work. Build your personal brand.

I like the advice. Whether you are just entering my class, or a "veteran" reader of a semester or two, I hope you take it seriously. The skills you will need remain the same; just the platform/forum might be different.
And don't think it's all bells and whistles. One of my earliest friends in the business recently got laid off from his job at the paper in Burlington Vt. What did he do, go all high-tech? Nope, he bought a weekly whose roots go back to 1878.