About this Event
After decades of expansion, journalism education is facing a steep correction. Student numbers are falling, faculties are merging, and some long-standing journalism programmes are closing altogether. There are days when the HE sector seems full of doom. At the same time, the news media itself continues to contract more regional titles are shutting their newsrooms, and redundancies have become part of the deathly ticktock of most major media companies.
And yet many of us in the world of journalism education remain resolute in our commitment to our discipline, and are finding reasons to be hopeful, even cheerful. Press Gazette has reported that three-quarters of journalism graduates were working in journalism-related roles. Specialist courses such as sports journalism are not only surviving but thriving. Postgraduate degrees have also remained resilient, strengthened sometimes by the continued arrival of overseas students. Meanwhile, partnerships with industry - integrating professional practice ever more deeply into our programmes - remain an important route to survival and renewal.
Innovation, imagination, and the forging of bold new partnerships are just some of the stories of resilience rippling through a sector that has been busy reinventing itself and journalism educators share their research on these themes.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
City St George's, University of London, Northampton Square, London, United Kingdom
GBP 20.00 to GBP 100.00
