Shaping the future journalist

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Earlier this week there was a feed by a Brazilian journalism student on Twitter that said, "Twitter tutorial at the SATC journalism school next Monday". Rather than following the times, Journalism schools around the world are trying to run ahead of the times as they find themselves forced to adapt to a rapidly changing news world.

Maurreen Skowran, copy editor at The News & Observer, lead a live chat on Poynter this Monday, about changing journalism schools. The chat originated from an article she wrote earlier in the month, "Reimagining J-School Programs in Midst of Changing News Industry" where she presented a hypothetical curriculum and talked about how schools need to anticipate and prepare students "for newsrooms and jobs that don't yet exist".

Many journalism schools are increasing courses in the digital media realm and are preparing students for the Internet. Yet Skowran hopes that in addition to multimedia education, "schools will work toward giving students the skills they need to create their own jobs and newsrooms."

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Source: PoynterOnline, Nieman Reports