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EJ976420 - A Truly Bold Idea for U.S. J&MC Education: Sincerely Trying True Excellence for Once

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ERIC #:	EJ976420
Title:	A Truly Bold Idea for U.S. J&MC Education: Sincerely Trying True Excellence for Once
Authors:	Claussen, Dane S.
Descriptors:	Journalism Education; Journalism; Educational Needs; Scholastic Journalism; Reader Response; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Relevance (Education); Curriculum Evaluation; Educational Objectives; Educational Philosophy; Educational Practices; Academic Achievement; Excellence in Education; Academic Standards; Educational Quality
Source:	Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, v67 n3 p211-217 Sep 2012
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Publisher:	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Publication Date:	2012-09-00
Pages:	7
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Abstract:	On June 4 this year, Howard Finberg of the Poynter Institute gave a speech called "The Future of Journalism Education" at the European Journalism Centre's twentieth anniversary celebration in Maastricht, the Netherlands, in which he presented the results of a survey of journalists and journalism professors about the value of a journalism degree, among other things. Finberg spent the rest of his speech bragging about Poynter's News University, encouraging journalism schools to offer a lot of News University-type online courses, saying that "maybe a journalism degree isn't the endgame" (after earlier having said "I do NOT suggest that this survey says that a degree is unimportant"), suggesting that journalism and mass communication (J&MC) programs do "practical research, not just academic exploration," and pushing a combination of student work portfolios that go way beyond "just traditional clips or tapes" and "digital badges that represent skills or other competences" of students in addition to the uber-portfolio and the course transcript. Finberg packed quite a bit into this Maastricht speech, and it requires more than a little bit of unpacking, which the author does in this article without defending the status quo. In sum, the author points out that a sincere goal of true excellence, which would involve, among other things, all journalism students producing News21-like work, would lead to meeting Carnegie Corp.'s three journalism "needs."
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ISSN:	ISSN-1077-6958
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Higher Education
Direct Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077695812454826

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