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Articles tagged journalism education (39)

Cindy RoyalApril 28, 2014

Cindy Royal: Are journalism schools teaching their students the right skills?

Journalism graduates need to be prepared to work intelligently on the platforms that will carry their work, according to the Texas State professor.

Mark CoddingtonApril 11, 2014

This Week in Review: Vox and the wonk boom, and Comcast defends its TWC merger plans

Plus: Heartbleed exposes the Internet’s vulnerability, the alleged decline of the mobile web, and the rest of the week’s must-reads in journalism and tech.

Lance KnobelFebruary 27, 2014

J-schools: Success in news today is about a lot more than reporting and writing

UC Berkeley’s cutting loose Mission Local doesn’t recognize that audience building, community outreach, and partnerships are core to the modern journalists’ work.

Joseph LichtermanFebruary 27, 2014

Cut loose by UC Berkeley, hyperlocal site Mission Local looks to spin off as a for-profit

Once lauded as an early example of the teaching hospital model of journalism education, Mission Local will now fend for itself outside the j-school.

Matt WaiteNovember 13, 2013

Matt Waite: How I faced my fears and learned to be good at math

You might think the principal coder behind PolitiFact took naturally to math. You’d be wrong.

Robert Hernandez: Those required courses in journalism school are there for a reason

The USC professor says that even if you don’t see a big role for digital skills in your career, training in the technologies of the web is essential for all journalism students. Robert Hernandez

Eric NewtonOctober 17, 2013

Eric Newton: Journalism education isn’t evolving fast enough, and you should help change that

“What digital natives can do is make the status quo uncomfortable for professors who won’t change.”

Justin EllisAugust 21, 2013

Do journalism schools really need to be teaching hospitals?

The model is gaining ground in many journalism schools, but two professors argue won’t help future journalists — or the industry they’re entering — adapt to change.

Amy Schmitz Weiss & Cindy RoyalJuly 26, 2013

At the intersection of journalism, data science, and digital media: How can j-schools prep students for the world they’re headed into?

Two journalism professors suggest approaches for training a new generation of journalists for the data-heavy work ahead of them.

Justin EllisJune 7, 2013

On, Wisconsin! What happens when you try to kick a nonprofit journalism center off campus?

An attempt by Wisconsin legislators to evict the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from the University of Wisconsin has some nonprofit news organizations worried.

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