Document Type
Journal Article
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
22835
Abstract
There are considerable differences in the structure, content, and delivery of tertiary journalism degrees in Australia as identified in a 2014 Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Innovation and Development Project report on graduate qualities and journalism curriculum renewal. To address this situation, the author argues for journalism capstone units, designed by both journalism educators and news editors, to include a series of agreed criteria and standards to guide journalism educators, and for journalism students to demonstrate not only a broad knowledge base together with research and communication skills but also entrepreneurial skills to help them adapt to new media markets and jobs.
DOI
10.1177/1077695816666077
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Cullen, T. (2016). Designing Journalism Capstone Units That Demonstrate Student Skills. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 71(3), 360-370. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695816666077