A responsável pelo J-Lab da Universidade de Maryland, nos Estados Unidos, Jan Schaffer, apresentou em Agosto, durante a conferência anual da AEJMC, um texto inquietante sobre o futuro da educação em Jornalismo.
A sua ideia de partida é simples: se o exercício da profissão e os modelos de negócio que o sustentam estão a ser postos em causa porque não devemos pensar em novas estratégias de formação?
I worry that some of the conventions that were used both to define “news” and to safeguard fairness and balance in journalism are being gamed by media strategists for their own ends. The result is a journalism that is not serving the public well – and that the public doesn’t much trust.
A proposta de Schaffer passa por uma alteração de perspectiva:
I think we’re focusing so much on skill set that we’re neglecting to prepare students for the kind of mindset they will need to enter a profession that not only has daily deadlines, but new competition, new products, and hopefully new revenue streams.Tomorrow’s journalists will not only need to scoop the competition on news, they will need to scoop the competition on new ideas for products, niches to be filled, delivery systems to be used and options for making money.
Inquietante, sim senhora.
Encontrei a sugestão aqui.
