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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:
- Converged training
- Reinforce tenents of good journalism
Here are examples of different universitys' converged journalism curriculums.
University of Kansas
- Critical thinking
- Research and writing
- Multimedia reporting and editing
USC's Annenberg School
Three semester convergence program, training students in:
- Writing
- Reporting
- Producing
Webb says, "One of the major challenges journalism educators face is ensuring their programs remain substantive."