The global outlook of Nordic journalism education
The article discusses the footprint of global learning in journalism programmes in the Nordic countries, drawing a distinction between global awareness, global knowledge and global competence. Reviewing curricular profiles of the various journalism programmes offered in the five Nordic countries, the authors find that only a few programmes emphasize global competence as a key ingredient in their education, whereas most schools make no mention at all of global issues in the overall presentation of their study. The article continues by presenting a case study of global learning in Nordic journalism education, comprising survey results among 347 Norwegian students who have been on a field trip to East Africa as part of their journalism degree. The survey indicates lasting impact of the field trip in the respondents’ later studies and career. The female students in particular cite the field trip as a turning point which resulted in return trips to Africa as well as a sharpening of their professional orientation in idealistic direction.
Publisert i Paper presented at the research conference 'Making journalists through journalism education: Nordic perspectives', Reykjavik, Iceland, 2014
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