TY - JOUR
T1 - Connecting the Classroom with the Newsroom in the Digital Age
T2 - An Investigation of Journalism Education in the UAE, UK and USA
AU - Jiang, Shujun
AU - Rafeeq, Ali
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research is funded by UAEU Research Start-up Grant on online journalism (G00001670).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 University of Wollongong.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - The development of information and communication technology—internet, mobile computing and easier and wider connectivity—is swiftly transforming the news industry. Conventional news production practices have been disrupted and have evolved to meet the needs of a new era of digital and online journalism. In the age of digital and non-linear journalism, the practices of newsgathering, production, distribution and consumption have changed greatly, creating challenges in journalism education. The converged newsrooms of today demand journalism graduates to have digital news production skills that allow them to easily fit into the routines of digital news production practices. By examining the journalism curricula of selected journalism education programmes in the USA, UK and UAE, as well as interviewing journalism educators, students and practitioners, this research investigated whether and how efforts have been made to align journalism curricula to the needs of the industry.
AB - The development of information and communication technology—internet, mobile computing and easier and wider connectivity—is swiftly transforming the news industry. Conventional news production practices have been disrupted and have evolved to meet the needs of a new era of digital and online journalism. In the age of digital and non-linear journalism, the practices of newsgathering, production, distribution and consumption have changed greatly, creating challenges in journalism education. The converged newsrooms of today demand journalism graduates to have digital news production skills that allow them to easily fit into the routines of digital news production practices. By examining the journalism curricula of selected journalism education programmes in the USA, UK and UAE, as well as interviewing journalism educators, students and practitioners, this research investigated whether and how efforts have been made to align journalism curricula to the needs of the industry.
KW - Journalism education
KW - digital journalism
KW - journalism curriculum
KW - journalism practice
KW - news production practice
KW - online journalism
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U2 - 10.1177/1326365X19837769
DO - 10.1177/1326365X19837769
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064537791
SN - 1326-365X
VL - 29
SP - 3
EP - 22
JO - Asia Pacific Media Educator
JF - Asia Pacific Media Educator
IS - 1
ER -