Mensing ejta2014

Strategic Directions in Journalism Education

Donica Mensing@donicaReynolds School of JournalismUniversity of Nevada, Reno

Should we change?

What do we change next?

Time to choose

Teaching Hospital Model

“To make up for the loss of the reporting that economically devastated news organizations can no longer afford” (Nicholas Lemann, 2009)

So that “universities [will] become forceful partners in revitalizing an industry at the very core of democracy” (Open Letter to America's University Presidents, 2012)

Because pedagogically the best way to learn journalism is to do it (Newton, 2013)

“becoming significant producers of original news reporting”

Students doing the journalism Professionals mentoring them to improve the

quality and impact of the journalism Professors bringing in topic knowledge and

raising issues Innovators pioneering new tools and techniques Academics doing major research projects Everyone working together with an emphasis of

not just informing a community but engaging it. The sixth element is not a type of person, it’s a way of doing things: working with each other and a community.

Entrepreneurial Model

From supply side to demand side

From institutional networks to social networks

From routines to reflexivity

Community Innovation Model

Watch a video from the field trip about

what students need to learn: http://

unrtechconnect.com

/journalism-students-tour-silicon-valley/

Types of journalism (data, visual, investigative), types of technology (mobile, video), subject areas (politics, arts, science, culture), functions (service, craft) & etc.

Many possibilities

Skills and interests of faculty Amount and type of existing resources Potential for additional funding Other units at the university interested in

collaboration Skills and resources of alumni Size of community Needs of local communities Media opportunities in the region Competition from other regional programs

How to choose

Why choose?