Journalism Student Survey: How Much Emphasis Is Put On The Following Skills In Your Course?
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Journalism Student Survey 1. How much emphasis is put on the following skills in your course? Not
Too much
Due
emphasis
emphasis
Web-based skills
5.6% (8)
54.9% (79)
36.1% (52)
3.5% (5)
2.38
144
Social media
3.5% (5)
44.8% (64)
37.1% (53)
14.7% (21)
2.63
143
Business and entrepreneurial skills
1.4% (2)
29.6% (42)
33.1% (47)
35.9% (51)
3.04
142
8.4% (12)
0.7% (1)
1.94
143
News gathering and writing
16.1% (23)
74.8% (107)
enough emphasis
No
Rating
Response
emphasis
Average
Count
Sub-editing and design
2.8% (4)
62.5% (90)
30.6% (44)
4.2% (6)
2.36
144
Audio and video
5.6% (8)
51.7% (74)
38.5% (55)
4.2% (6)
2.41
143
Any further comments?
20
answered question
144
skipped question
0
Any further comments? 1
Teach them how to be journalists, not businessmen.
2
Oddly the students seem slower to adopt new media than the faculty. May 11, 2009 2:18 PM Multimedia was offered for the first time last semester, and no one signed up. This semester the class finally attracted 10-12 students. The student-run paper doesn't exploit online possibilities.
3
due emphasis is put on most things but depending on the particular type of journalism other areas such as feature writing and personally interesting topics are ignored
May 11, 2009 2:52 PM
4
The UNR graduate program is developing a class on Journalism and Innovation modeled after the IDEO "Deep Dive".
May 11, 2009 5:02 PM
5
I think business and entrepreneurial skills are still largely neglected by May 11, 2009 5:28 PM journalism educators. On my course, information is there if you want it, but it's not really pushed forward to us.
6
As my course is BJTC accreditted it focuses solely on the broadcast media so May 11, 2009 6:18 PM we have not touched upon sub-editing or design
7
Our school is very good at traditional media but lecturers are still afraid of going 2.0.
May 11, 2009 6:32 PM
8
Journalism courses (like media law) are always going to be three years behind, which makes taking these courses sometimes slightly ridiculous
May 11, 2009 11:14 PM
9
We've been asked to produce video projects for assessment with very little class experience of making videos.
May 12, 2009 10:52 AM
10
Nope
May 12, 2009 10:52 AM
11
Oreos
May 12, 2009 11:24 AM
12
Apart from vox pops and one quick lesson on video editing, not much is done in terms of new media skills.
May 12, 2009 4:52 PM
13
£9,000 and we were taught nothing. Waste of time, effort, and money.
May 13, 2009 2:38 PM
1 of 2
May 11, 2009 7:08 AM
Any further comments? 14
We get told 'make sure you blog, make sure you Tweet'. And what? I can't edit May 14, 2009 5:55 PM video effectively. I don't know how to do a pod cast.
15
I genuinely think Sheffield has got a very good balance.
16
My course is a writing based course so audio/video and web based skills are May 14, 2009 10:02 PM not key but they are sufficiently covered, and shorthand isn't in that list but lots of emphasis is also put on that.
17
I'm on a dual degree course, and am hence not allowed to do any modules in Broadcast Journalism. This is much to my dismay, as I miss out on audio/video completely.
18
Is it the role of the course to teach us all of these things? Some of these we May 16, 2009 3:57 PM need to find out ourselves - there's only so much innovation you can teach. But they could do more. My department has made some efforts towards 'converged' media but I think it's not even close to what some other universities, especially those in the US, are doing. We've had very few ongoing projects - like covering a local area for a whole term - that end up being public facing websites. We need to be able to showcase our work, not to mention that students would have a different attitude towards their work if it was going straight into the public domain. We certainly have not been taught any business or entrepreneurial skills. I'm sure we could have been. The continuing practice of seperating postgraduate courses into, for example, print, web, broadcast does not help with converged media. I certainly don't see for how much longer print and web can remain seperate courses. This also means that we haven't had anything but the bare minimum in training in video and audio. I'm not expecting all of this on a silver plate - we are postgrads and we should be doing much of this ourselves. But I think the NCTJ and journalism departments need to be more active in changing what they teach students, given the media environment.
19
I think if more specialist focus was placed in the areas where there is currently May 16, 2009 4:34 PM No or Not enough emphasis I think it may encourage students to produce more of their own work for publication. From my own experience and contact that I have had with other students news gathering and writing for publication is primarily aimed at assessment only. A limited portfolio will not be beneficial when looking for employment.
20
A grand total of 20 minutes teaching on Adobe inDesign over three years, when a large proportion of our final grade depends upon a magazine design isn't really acceptable for the 25 grand of debt I'm now in.
2 of 2
May 14, 2009 7:50 PM
May 14, 2009 11:42 PM
May 19, 2009 3:07 PM
Too much
Due
emphasis
emphasis
Web-based skills
5.6% (8)
54.9% (79)
36.1% (52)
3.5% (5)
2.38
144
Social media
3.5% (5)
44.8% (64)
37.1% (53)
14.7% (21)
2.63
143
Business and entrepreneurial skills
1.4% (2)
29.6% (42)
33.1% (47)
35.9% (51)
3.04
142
8.4% (12)
0.7% (1)
1.94
143
News gathering and writing
16.1% (23)
74.8% (107)
enough emphasis
No
Rating
Response
emphasis
Average
Count
Sub-editing and design
2.8% (4)
62.5% (90)
30.6% (44)
4.2% (6)
2.36
144
Audio and video
5.6% (8)
51.7% (74)
38.5% (55)
4.2% (6)
2.41
143
Any further comments?
20
answered question
144
skipped question
0
Any further comments? 1
Teach them how to be journalists, not businessmen.
2
Oddly the students seem slower to adopt new media than the faculty. May 11, 2009 2:18 PM Multimedia was offered for the first time last semester, and no one signed up. This semester the class finally attracted 10-12 students. The student-run paper doesn't exploit online possibilities.
3
due emphasis is put on most things but depending on the particular type of journalism other areas such as feature writing and personally interesting topics are ignored
May 11, 2009 2:52 PM
4
The UNR graduate program is developing a class on Journalism and Innovation modeled after the IDEO "Deep Dive".
May 11, 2009 5:02 PM
5
I think business and entrepreneurial skills are still largely neglected by May 11, 2009 5:28 PM journalism educators. On my course, information is there if you want it, but it's not really pushed forward to us.
6
As my course is BJTC accreditted it focuses solely on the broadcast media so May 11, 2009 6:18 PM we have not touched upon sub-editing or design
7
Our school is very good at traditional media but lecturers are still afraid of going 2.0.
May 11, 2009 6:32 PM
8
Journalism courses (like media law) are always going to be three years behind, which makes taking these courses sometimes slightly ridiculous
May 11, 2009 11:14 PM
9
We've been asked to produce video projects for assessment with very little class experience of making videos.
May 12, 2009 10:52 AM
10
Nope
May 12, 2009 10:52 AM
11
Oreos
May 12, 2009 11:24 AM
12
Apart from vox pops and one quick lesson on video editing, not much is done in terms of new media skills.
May 12, 2009 4:52 PM
13
£9,000 and we were taught nothing. Waste of time, effort, and money.
May 13, 2009 2:38 PM
1 of 2
May 11, 2009 7:08 AM
Any further comments? 14
We get told 'make sure you blog, make sure you Tweet'. And what? I can't edit May 14, 2009 5:55 PM video effectively. I don't know how to do a pod cast.
15
I genuinely think Sheffield has got a very good balance.
16
My course is a writing based course so audio/video and web based skills are May 14, 2009 10:02 PM not key but they are sufficiently covered, and shorthand isn't in that list but lots of emphasis is also put on that.
17
I'm on a dual degree course, and am hence not allowed to do any modules in Broadcast Journalism. This is much to my dismay, as I miss out on audio/video completely.
18
Is it the role of the course to teach us all of these things? Some of these we May 16, 2009 3:57 PM need to find out ourselves - there's only so much innovation you can teach. But they could do more. My department has made some efforts towards 'converged' media but I think it's not even close to what some other universities, especially those in the US, are doing. We've had very few ongoing projects - like covering a local area for a whole term - that end up being public facing websites. We need to be able to showcase our work, not to mention that students would have a different attitude towards their work if it was going straight into the public domain. We certainly have not been taught any business or entrepreneurial skills. I'm sure we could have been. The continuing practice of seperating postgraduate courses into, for example, print, web, broadcast does not help with converged media. I certainly don't see for how much longer print and web can remain seperate courses. This also means that we haven't had anything but the bare minimum in training in video and audio. I'm not expecting all of this on a silver plate - we are postgrads and we should be doing much of this ourselves. But I think the NCTJ and journalism departments need to be more active in changing what they teach students, given the media environment.
19
I think if more specialist focus was placed in the areas where there is currently May 16, 2009 4:34 PM No or Not enough emphasis I think it may encourage students to produce more of their own work for publication. From my own experience and contact that I have had with other students news gathering and writing for publication is primarily aimed at assessment only. A limited portfolio will not be beneficial when looking for employment.
20
A grand total of 20 minutes teaching on Adobe inDesign over three years, when a large proportion of our final grade depends upon a magazine design isn't really acceptable for the 25 grand of debt I'm now in.
2 of 2
May 14, 2009 7:50 PM
May 14, 2009 11:42 PM
May 19, 2009 3:07 PM
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