The united kingdom journalism education landscape
What might be called ‘the British system’ of journalism education and training has undergone extraordinary transformation in the last 35 years. This was comprised of three interrelated aspects. First of all, journalism education primarily involved university graduates. Second, growing numbers of those graduates were enrolled in dedicated to journalism programs and, third, most of these courses of study were located in higher institutions.
Education and training in the UK are offered in two main modes: prior to employment (called ‘pre-entry’) and following employment (mid-career and professional development). In the pre-entry realm a range of degrees, diplomas, certificates at undergraduate and postgraduate levels are awarded. Many of these awards are accredited by industry bodies which simultaneously provide their own courses and qualifications. Attempts were made to codify them all under a National Qualification Framework and European standards under the Bologna Declaration. 70 courses in 40 institutions (including 22 universities, four commercial organizations and two media companies) were accredited by the National Council for Training Journalists in the UK at the moment of writing this article.
Michael Bromeley
“The United Kingdom Journalism Education Landscape”
“European Journalism Education”
First published in the UK in 2009
Intellect, the Mill, Pamall Road, Fishponds,
Bristol, BS 16 3JG, UK
Task 2
Read the text. Change the words in italics into the Passive Voice constructions. Make the necessary changes in the word order.
The origins of journalism education in sweden
In the fall semester 1905 professor Otto Sylwan, head of the department of literature, __1__ held a series of lectures on journalism at the University of Gothenburg, analyzing American journalistic writing. It was no journalism education per se, but it __2__ reflected the interest in increasing knowledge in this field. Two years later the board of the Swedish Union of Journalists, founded in 1901, __3__ discussed a proposal to initiate formal training of journalists.
In the beginning of the twentieth century they __4__ defined learning of journalism craft as two years of non-salaried work in newspaper. In 1900 Stockholm journalists __5__ discussed the first code of conduct. And in 1916 the Publicists’ Club (PK) __6__ established an honorary court to solve conflicts between journalists.
The Swedish Union of Journalists and the Association of Newspapers Publishers __7__ backed up the initiatives of the PK to increase the quality of journalism. So, in the early 1930s they __8__ founded a private school in Stockholm with the focus on journalistic writing. The most interesting initiative was a Bachelor of Journalism program started at the University of Gothenburg in 1938. It was a program which __9__ offered students courses relevant to journalism, supplemented by seminars with leading journalists and a possibility for internship.
Marina Ghesetti and Lennart Weibull
“The Swedish Journalism Education Landscape”
“European Journalism Education”
First published in the UK in 2009
Intellect, the Mill, Pamall Road, Fishponds,
Bristol, BS 16 3JG, UK
READING AND DISCUSSING
Do you know
that
the first program for journalism education was introduced by former
Confederate General, Robert E Lee, during his presidency at
Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia, in the
1860-s.
Both
the Missouri School of Journalism founded in 1908 and the Ecole
Superieure de Journalisme in Paris, founded in 1899, claim to be the
first Journalism Schools
Task 1
Now you will learn some information about the organizations which deal with organizing training for journalism in different countries. While working on the material provided write out key words to make a cognitive map on the topic. Get ready to reconstruct the text on the basis of your personal cognitive map. You can either read each text individually or split into groups of 3 or 4 and read one text per each group. Pay attention to the date of foundation, purposes, spheres of activity, management and financing of these organizations. Then share the information you have learned with your group mates in order to make a complete cognitive map on the topic.