Journalism students and intergenerational change in journalism.
- 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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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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