Professional Media Education on Agenda of JourNet Conference
20-01-2004 (Newcastle)
Helping people to find local solutions to the global challenge is the objective of the first international conference on "Professional Education for the Media" that will be organized by JourNet, a global network of journalism and media schools founded by UNESCO in 1999, from 16 to 20 February in Newcastle, Australia.
“Media and communication already pervade our lives to an unprecedented extent…. But what do media people need to learn if they are to become capable professional practitioners and how best should they do it? That’s what the Conference will explore” says JourNet chair Frank Morgan.
The Conference, which will be the first full meeting of JourNet members, will mainly focus on the following themes:
Learning the media professions: What do prospective media practitioners need to know about those professions and how best should they learn those things?
Learning the media context: What do media practitioners need to know about the social, political, economic, legal and cultural contexts in which they will work, and how should they learn those things?
Concepts of professional education: What approaches to course design and learning – in both universities and industry training centres – best meet the needs of professional practice?
The programme consists of plenary sessions with keynote addresses by invited speakers, concurrent sessions of refereed papers and discussions together with a number of specialised workshops. Between 80 and 100 participants are expected to attend.
JourNet is a global network of journalism and media schools, established by UNESCO in 1999 with the aim to:
expand and improve journalism and media practice worldwide through better professional education;
link universities and other training centres preparing people to work professionally in journalism and media; and
make innovative use of information technology, including the Internet.
Its membership is open to training institutions providing professional education in journalism and media, as well as to associations of journalists, media practitioners and media organizations.
The Conference, which will be the first full meeting of JourNet members, will mainly focus on the following themes:
The programme consists of plenary sessions with keynote addresses by invited speakers, concurrent sessions of refereed papers and discussions together with a number of specialised workshops. Between 80 and 100 participants are expected to attend.
JourNet is a global network of journalism and media schools, established by UNESCO in 1999 with the aim to:
Its membership is open to training institutions providing professional education in journalism and media, as well as to associations of journalists, media practitioners and media organizations.
Related themes/countries
· Australia
· Training of Media Professionals: News Archives 2004
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