Training the next journalists
One of the things that constantly interests me is the range of skills which are being suggested for the next generation of journalists.
There have been a lot of great posts talking about what skills should be taught, what developments there are at j-schools and trying to prepare people for a future very different from the one I trained for.
Patrick Smith posted on Online journalism education in the UK: the trouble with adapting to an online age. Other people that got me thinking along these lines recently were Steve Buttry with his post on curriculum advice for journalism schools and The Changing Newsroom’s My “Dare to Dream” Journalism Curriculum.
We are in the situation where everyone has different spins on the skill set. The core is there and recognisable but everyone has their own favourites – and then there is the whole issue of what platforms.
So, as an interested party I’d like to ask you this – what do you think journalists should know? What skills do you think they need? Can you help by filling out a short(ish) survey?
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