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22 Nov

Teaching j-students to be “citizen journalists”

The University of Missouri’s School of Journalism is experimenting with a new course in citizen journalism. Clyde Bently, an associate professor there, says its an attempt to get students to […]

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20 Nov

In defence of j-schools

There’s a growing chorus of voices criticizing journalism schools these days for failing to prepare students for the dramatic changes happening in newsrooms as they move to distributing their news […]

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7 Nov

When j-profs are out of date

Journalism professors who insist on teaching traditional journalism practices and fail to teach about the changing new media practices in today’s newsrooms, took some heavy criticism at a recent conference. A convention […]

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31 Oct

Why wasn’t Facebook invented at J-school

An interesting post by Steve Yelvington, a journalist turned media strategist, who blogs about online journalism. He wonders why some of the creative new ways of information sharing online are not […]

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28 Aug

What to do with students who cheat

They are a challenge every journalism educator faces at some point — students who cut and paste material from stories on the Internet; fabricate quotes; or pad bibliographies and source lists. In this thoughtful […]

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20 Aug

Medill’s Dean defends his revolutionary new journalism curriculum

In this Chicago Magazine article, the Dean of the Medill School of Journalism, responds to critics who say his new curriculum sacrifices the principles of journalism for the principles of marketing. […]

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20 Aug

J-schools need to re-invent themselves to teach students relevant skills

Dan Gillmor, a leading online journalist and advocate of citizen journalism, offers his ideas about how journalism schools are not keeping pace with the new demands of the re-invented world […]

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17 Aug

Journalism educators need to rethink their role

Many award-winning journalists never studied journalism in university, raising the question whether people who don’t study journalism make better journalists. In an attempt to explore that idea, Betty Medsger, a leading […]

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16 Aug

Reflections about the declaration of principles

Some discussion about the World Journalism Education Conference’s declaration by journalism educators at the RConversation Blog.

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16 Aug

Declaration of principles of journalism education

The World Journalism Education Conference in Singapore adopted this set of principles in June, 2007.

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