The document discusses the future of journalism education from the student perspective. It shares the results of a student survey on their views of what skills are needed for careers in journalism. Many students felt traditional journalism programs focus too much on skills for print media and not enough on digital skills like web publishing, social media, and multimedia. Both students and employers agreed that web publishing skills are increasingly essential for journalists but are often not adequately covered in university programs. There was a debate on whether journalism programs should focus more on vocational skills or take a broader educational approach.

1. Future of Journalism Education: the student perspective Julie Bradford @JulieBradford  Journalism lecturer at University of Sunderland Josh Halliday @JoshHalliday / JoshHalliday.com  Journalism undergraduate at University of Sunderland

6. “ Journalism students need to be adept at both the old tricks of the trade (newswriting, sub-editing, law) and the new ones (web, social media, Twitter). We need to be qualified to create and publish content across all platforms until it is clearer what path our own careers will take” “ Our school is very good at traditional media but lecturers are still afraid of going 2.0” “ Some journalism departments some of the time are still in a mentality of preparing people for reporting jobs in local newspapers. The NCTJ, which has a tiny emphasis on the web let alone new media, encourages this”

23. Trainee at Northcliffe