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Journalism Students Must Meld Traditional, New Media Skills, Panel Says

Written by: Robin Webb

"Journalism education is becoming broad, but somewhat shallow." -- Ann Brill

This article emphasizes different types of journalism curriculums. By intergrating print, online and broadcast journalism, students conceive a new kind of media.

Some focus points of this article include:

Here are examples of different universitys' converged journalism curriculums.

University of Kansas

USC's Annenberg School

Three semester convergence program, training students in:

Webb says, "One of the major challenges journalism educators face is ensuring their programs remain substantive."