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Challenges and New Directions in Journalism Education book cover

1st Edition

Challenges and New Directions in Journalism Education

Edited By Karen Fowler-Watt Copyright 2023
192 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Drawing on original and innovative contributions from educators, practitioners and students, Challenges and New Directions in Journalism Education captures and informs our understanding of journalism pedagogy in the context of ongoing shifts in journalism practice. Journalism is once again facing challenges, accused of elitism and often branded as too far removed from the reality of people’s... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of contributors

Editor’s introduction

SECTION I

Challenges in Journalism Education

1. A Changed Landscape: Re-imagining journalism education ‘post-pandemic’

Karen Fowler-Watt

2. Broadening Horizons: can student perspectives help meet journalism’s challenges?

Andrew Bissell

3. A ‘Hotchpotch of conflicting schools’: The problems plaguing journalism education in the 2020s

Graham Majin

4. Sports journalism’s dilemma: all about celebrating the spectacle?

Max Mauro

5. Why Politics and Public Affairs still matter

David Brine

6. Media Literacy and/in Journalism Education – Learning from (Media) Action

Julian McDougall

SECTION II

New Directions in Journalism Education

7. Inclusive approaches to news

In conversation with Daniel Henry and De Graft Mensah

8. Integrating journalism education and the sustainability agenda

Fiona Cownie and Michael Sunderland

9. From skillset to mindset: the re-conceptualisation of entrepreneurial journalism in Higher Education

Jo Royle

10. My Story: News for and by teenagers preventing the recruitment of youngsters by non-state armed groups through participatory journalism in Colombia.

Mathew Charles

11. Better Safe than Sorry: Preparing journalism students for a dangerous world.

Jaron Murphy

Reflections

Index

Biography

Karen Fowler-Watt is Associate Professor of Journalism and research theme lead for the Journalism Education Research Group in Bournemouth University’s Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, UK. She is a former BBC journalist who worked in Radio 4 News and Current Affairs as an output editor and as a field producer in the Middle East and the United States.

Challenges and New Directions in Journalism Education is a significant contribution to the ongoing conversation about how journalism education should evolve. At a time when the industry is grappling with crises of trust, misinformation and declining public interest, the book offers valuable insights into the role educators play in preparing students for these realities. Its focus on media literacy, inclusivity and journalist safety provides educators with tools to help students navigate an increasingly complex media environment […] a must-read for educators, practitioners and students alike.

- Harman Akbar Tullah, Muh Akbar and Alem Febri Sonni, Newspaper Research Journal, Sage

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