Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovation empowers journalism educators to strengthen the field of journalism by preparing students to “do journalism”—as citizens and/or journalists—in the most effective, professional manner possible.
This volume is a one-stop scholarly yet practical/approachable reference book for educators, trainers, journalists, media activists, policymakers, foundations, nongovernment organizations, students, and others with a vested interest in quality journalism. It sheds light on the emerging field of comparative journalism education worldwide by building on past research and offering conceptual, theoretical, empirical, and practical insights into where the field has been, where it currently stands, and where it seems to be heading.
Global Journalism Education’s findings are based on the combined expertise of many of the world’s top journalism education scholars through:
o Descriptive case studies highlighting journalism education and practice-related challenges and innovations in a wide range of countries from six continents;
o Conceptual chapters examining the past, present, and predicted future of global journalism education and its influence on the profession;
o Empirical case studies detailing classroom innovations worldwide;
o A concluding chapter with 10 global journalism education predictions; and
o An epilogue highlighting final observations regarding the current state of Western journalism education bias, ethnocentrism, and related provincial thinking and efforts to de-Westernize global journalism education and broaden journalists’ understanding of the world they live in.
CONTENTS:
Part 1:
Global Journalism Education
Country Case Studies
1 Journalism Education in Australia
2 Journalism Education in Chile
3 Journalism Education in China
4 Journalism Education in Egypt
5 Journalism Education in India
6 Journalism Education in Israel
7 Journalism Education in Russia
8 Journalism Education in South Africa
9 The United Kingdom Juggles Training and Education
10 The Curious Case of U.S. Journalism Education
Part 2:
Contextualizing Global Journalism Education
11 Taking Stock of Contemporary Journalism Education:
12 Going Global:
13 How Good Are We?:
Part 3:
Global Innovations in Journalism Education
14 On Media and Entrepreneurship as Ways of Being in the World
15 Pop-Up Newsroom
16 Going Mojo
17 When Alternate Reality and Real Reality Collide
18 Coding the Curriculum
19 Reconsidering News Production
20 Journalism Education’s First Century
Epilogue / Global Journalism Education Moving Forward
Contributors
Robyn S. Goodman is Professor of Communication Studies at Alfred University. She teaches a wide array of reporting, global media, media literacy, and gender, minorities, and the media courses. Her research interests include global journalism education, U.S. news coverage of China, and the construction of knowledge. She publishes in a wide variety of academic journals.
Elanie Steyn is Associate Professor and the head of journalism at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma. She teaches in media management, women in media leadership and business of media. Her research involves these same topics, and she has recently published on public diplomacy and on engaged research as part of her involvement with the U.S. Department of State's Diplomacy Lab initiative and professional fellows exchange programs.
