Journalism students and intergenerational change in journalism.

O'Donnell, P

Journalism students and intergenerational change in journalism.

O'Donnell, P

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Publisher:: Journalism Education Association
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: O'Donnell Penelope 2006, 'Journalism students and intergenerational change in journalism.', Journalism Education Association, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 23-42.
Issue Date:: 2006

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dc.contributor.author	O'Donnell, P	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-20T14:36:47Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-20T14:36:47Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en_US
dc.identifier	2005004532	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	O'Donnell Penelope 2006, 'Journalism students and intergenerational change in journalism.', Journalism Education Association, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 23-42.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0810-2686	en_US
dc.identifier.other	C1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/1532
dc.description.abstract	This article presents a response to the question: "Is there more to journalism education than workforce reproduction through socialisation to the profession and, if so, what is it?" The response is developed in two parts. The first presents the findings of a 2001 study of University of Technology, Sydney journalism students, their career trajectories and approaches to professional journalism practice. That study provided the means to identify different types of students and career aspirations. It found "confident practice" was a highly prized yet previously unexplored educational outcome. This finding, in turn, pointed to the need to reconsider the nature of the relationship between the university system and the news media. The second part of the article canvasses existing Australian ideas about professional education in journalism before introducing new theoretical resources that offer a more robust means of considering the purpose and significance of the educational endeavour in relation to both reproduction and change in journalism. The article argues that the discussion of intergenerational change in journalism needs to include the viewpoints of journalism students as key stakeholders in journalism's future, and be mindful of the full gamut of their career aspirations, the wide range of innovative and critical educational initiatives found in the journalism curricula they study, and the educational outcomes they prize most highly.	en_US
dc.publisher	Journalism Education Association	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Journalism Review	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	http://www.jea.org.au/journal.htm	en_US
dc.title	Journalism students and intergenerational change in journalism.	en_US
dc.type	Journal article
utslib.citation.volume	28	en_US
utslib.citation.number	1	en_US
utslib.location	Brisbane, Australia	en_US
utslib.citation.startpage	23	en_US
utslib.citation.endpage	42	en_US
utslib.identifier.org	TransForming Cultures	en_US
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access

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This article presents a response to the question: "Is there more to journalism education than workforce reproduction through socialisation to the profession and, if so, what is it?" The response is developed in two parts. The first presents the findings of a 2001 study of University of Technology, Sydney journalism students, their career trajectories and approaches to professional journalism practice. That study provided the means to identify different types of students and career aspirations. It found "confident practice" was a highly prized yet previously unexplored educational outcome. This finding, in turn, pointed to the need to reconsider the nature of the relationship between the university system and the news media. The second part of the article canvasses existing Australian ideas about professional education in journalism before introducing new theoretical resources that offer a more robust means of considering the purpose and significance of the educational endeavour in relation to both reproduction and change in journalism. The article argues that the discussion of intergenerational change in journalism needs to include the viewpoints of journalism students as key stakeholders in journalism's future, and be mindful of the full gamut of their career aspirations, the wide range of innovative and critical educational initiatives found in the journalism curricula they study, and the educational outcomes they prize most highly.

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