Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century ― Challenges & Innovations

Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovation empowers journalism educators to strengthen the field of journalism by preparing students to “do journalism”—as citizens and/or journalists—in the most effective, professional manner possible.This volume is a one-stop scholarly yet practical/approachable reference book for educators, trainers, journalists, media activists, policymakers, foundations, nongovernment organizations, students, and others with a vested interest in quality journalism. It sheds light on the emerging field of comparative journalism education worldwide by building on past research and offering conceptual, theoretical, empirical, and practical insights into where the field has been, where it currently stands, and where it seems to be heading.Global Journalism Education’s findings are based on the combined expertise of many of the world’s top journalism education scholars through o Descriptive case studies highlighting journalism education and practice-related challenges and innovations in a wide range of countries from six continents; o Conceptual chapters examining the past, present, and predicted future of global journalism education and its influence on the profession; o Empirical case studies detailing classroom innovations worldwide; o A concluding chapter with 10 global journalism education predictions; and o An epilogue highlighting final observations regarding the current state of Western journalism education bias, ethnocentrism, and related provincial thinking and efforts to de-Westernize global journalism education and broaden journalists’ understanding of the world they live in.

Robyn S. Goodman is Professor of Communication Studies at Alfred University. She teaches a wide array of reporting, global media, media literacy, and gender, minorities, and the media courses. Her research interests include global journalism education, U.S. news coverage of China, and the construction of knowledge. She publishes in a wide variety of academic journals. Elanie Steyn is Associate Professor and the head of journalism at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma. She teaches in media management, women in media leadership and business of media. Her research involves these same topics, and she has recently published on public diplomacy and on engaged research as part of her involvement with the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomacy Lab initiative and professional fellows exchange programs.