Student Reporting Abroad: A journalism project built on internationalisation

This article updates research by the writer on overseas reporting trips for Australian Journalism students, conducted since 2000. It describes changing educational contexts, with expanded internationalisation and work integrated learning. A precursor of both, the trips project provides a Faculty-lev...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7acb08b65dd2439d828ce9f9c0a7ad3e2021-12-02T09:09:36ZStudent Reporting Abroad: A journalism project built on internationalisation10.24135/pjr.v20i2.1741023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/7acb08b65dd2439d828ce9f9c0a7ad3e2014-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/174https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035This article updates research by the writer on overseas reporting trips for Australian Journalism students, conducted since 2000. It describes changing educational contexts, with expanded internationalisation and work integrated learning. A precursor of both, the trips project provides a Faculty-level model for implementing such changes. Previous research, to 2008, recorded 60 students making nine field trips, to Southeast Asia, China, Papua New Guinea or Europe. Participants working as foreign correspondents for campus-based media outlets, would apply that experience to theoretical work, e.g. on international journalism or inter-cultural issues. The research has supported arguments for internationalisation of the curriculum, positing that intensified experience will concentrate the mind, improve skills and stimulate reflection. The present work goes further, with more individual and detailed probing of student responses. As a case study, nine participants travelling to South-east Asia and Europe in 2012 documented their experience and their reflective work. The investigation concludes such travel programmes can be highly effective in core learning.Lee DuffieldAsia Pacific Networkarticlecollaborative journalismcurriculum developmentfield tripsinternationalisationwork integrated learningCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 20, Iss 2 (2014)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic collaborative journalism
curriculum development
field trips
internationalisation
work integrated learning
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle collaborative journalism
curriculum development
field trips
internationalisation
work integrated learning
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Lee Duffield
Student Reporting Abroad: A journalism project built on internationalisation
description This article updates research by the writer on overseas reporting trips for Australian Journalism students, conducted since 2000. It describes changing educational contexts, with expanded internationalisation and work integrated learning. A precursor of both, the trips project provides a Faculty-level model for implementing such changes. Previous research, to 2008, recorded 60 students making nine field trips, to Southeast Asia, China, Papua New Guinea or Europe. Participants working as foreign correspondents for campus-based media outlets, would apply that experience to theoretical work, e.g. on international journalism or inter-cultural issues. The research has supported arguments for internationalisation of the curriculum, positing that intensified experience will concentrate the mind, improve skills and stimulate reflection. The present work goes further, with more individual and detailed probing of student responses. As a case study, nine participants travelling to South-east Asia and Europe in 2012 documented their experience and their reflective work. The investigation concludes such travel programmes can be highly effective in core learning.
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