by Lesley Cowling | Nov 28, 2009 | CAJE 2009
Panel 5 presented a range of innovations focused on bringing journalists to areas that are often overlooked by urban journalists. These include particularly the rural areas and marginalized communities particularly women and the poor. Developmental approaches to...
by Lesley Cowling | Nov 25, 2009 | CAJE 2009
Journalism educators strive to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to enable students to perform in the industry, be it in print, radio or television. However, emerging practices in the industry, mostly unknown in classrooms, seem to be creating a...
by Lesley Cowling | Nov 25, 2009 | CAJE 2009
Journalism training institutions strive to equip students with not only knowledge but also the necessary skills needed in the industry. As such, most training institutions start the process of putting theory into practice in classrooms. But, as panelists discussed at...
by Lesley Cowling | Nov 25, 2009 | CAJE 2009
Lesley Cowling from the University of the Witwatersrand’s Journalism Programme, summing up the conference, noted the discussions had fallen into an arc, with earlier panels outlining issues facing journalism training institutions, and the latter part dealing...
by Lesley Cowling | Nov 23, 2009 | CAJE 2009
The demand for journalism professionals has led to an increased demand for journalism students. Dr Monica Chibita of Makerere University in Uganda argued that weakening the training of students is the “numbers game”, in other words, a push to produce more...
