in Journalism and Mass Communication
By Howard Finberg on Poynter, June 15 –
“As we think about the changes whipping through the media industry, there is a nearby storm about to strike journalism education.
The future of journalism education will be a very different and difficult future, a future that is full of innovation and creative disruption. And, I believe, we will see an evolution and uncoupling between the value of a journalism education and a journalism degree.”
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By Herbert Lowe on Poynter, March 26 –
“As journalist in residence and a graduate student in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University in Milwaukee, I seek chances to match coursework with reporting and academic pursuits. This week’s assignment in my Humanistic Theories and Methods of Media Studies grad class required me to conduct a semi-structured interview – in which a list of questions must be asked and answered in order – before follow-up quizzing may occur.”
Read the transcript from the interview on Poynter’s website
Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom. Josephi Beate (ed.) (2010). New York: Peter Lang. pp. 280.
Journalism education programs have enjoyed a dramatic expansion globally since the 1990s. As of 2007, there were 1,859 journalism education institutions across the world, according to the World Journalism Education Census (Center for International Media Assistance, http://www.ellenhume.com/articles/education.pdf). Against this background, the edited volume Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom offers a better understanding of the meanings and implications of the growth of journalism education in non-Western societies. It stands out among numerous books on journalism education by taking a comparative perspective, not in conflict with a global view, and focuses on the development and current status of journalism education in transitional societies over the past few decades.
