Practice-based learning and tomorrow's journalists

Evans, Myra

Abstract

An investigation into practice-based learning methods in the training and employment of tomorrow’s journalists.

What is the best way to teach journalism to prepare students for a career in the industry?

The Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) requires that all accredited courses include 15 ‘news days’ a year at each level.

This evolving form of news media pedagogy is being undertaken on 70 (correct at time of writing) courses in the UK at 40 different institutions and has implications on the changing priorities for the education and training and employment of tomorrow’s journalists. While this industrial news production model of pedagogy is backed by industry, academics have asked how valuable it is in the changing world of journalism (Mensing, 2011).

This research, encouraged by the accreditation body, the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) addresses this knowledge gap by using qualitative results from with students from BJTC accredited courses in the UK and former students now working in the journalism industry.

References:

Broadcast Journalism Training Council: Guidelines for the Accreditation Process and Requirements , (2013) , BJTC.

Mensing, D. (2011) Realigning Journalism Education in Franklin & Mensing (2011) Journalism Education Training and Employment, New York, Routledge.

Citation

Evans, M. (2015, September). Practice-based learning and tomorrow's journalists. Presented at Future of Journalism Conference, Cardiff, Wales

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Future of Journalism Conference
• Conference Location: Cardiff, Wales
• Start Date: Sep 10, 2015
• End Date: Sep 11, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jul 29, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 5, 2020
• Keywords: Journalism education, practice-based learning, Kolb, experiential learning, pedagogy, training, simulation learning.
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6436121