NZ journalism unit standards: Are they still needed?

One indicator of health in any field of human endeavour is the extent and quality of debate that occurs on how its new and developing practitioners should be educated. Currently in New Zealand a powerful influence upon the subject matter to be taught in professional journalism courses is a set of ‘...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d24196c037214b06899786015b27a98c2021-12-02T12:52:37ZNZ journalism unit standards: Are they still needed?10.24135/pjr.v10i1.7911023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/d24196c037214b06899786015b27a98c2004-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/791https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 One indicator of health in any field of human endeavour is the extent and quality of debate that occurs on how its new and developing practitioners should be educated. Currently in New Zealand a powerful influence upon the subject matter to be taught in professional journalism courses is a set of ‘unit standards’ comprising part of the National Qualifications Framework accredited by a government agency, the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA). These unit standards describe in extraordinary, reductionist detail, the requirements for two national qualifications, the National Diploma in Journalism, and the National Diploma in Journalism (Graduate). Frank SligoAsia Pacific Networkarticlecompetence-based traininggatekeepersjournalism educationmoderationNZQAunit standardsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2004)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic competence-based training
gatekeepers
journalism education
moderation
NZQA
unit standards
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle competence-based training
gatekeepers
journalism education
moderation
NZQA
unit standards
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Frank Sligo
NZ journalism unit standards: Are they still needed?
description One indicator of health in any field of human endeavour is the extent and quality of debate that occurs on how its new and developing practitioners should be educated. Currently in New Zealand a powerful influence upon the subject matter to be taught in professional journalism courses is a set of ‘unit standards’ comprising part of the National Qualifications Framework accredited by a government agency, the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA). These unit standards describe in extraordinary, reductionist detail, the requirements for two national qualifications, the National Diploma in Journalism, and the National Diploma in Journalism (Graduate).
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title NZ journalism unit standards: Are they still needed?
title_short NZ journalism unit standards: Are they still needed?
title_full NZ journalism unit standards: Are they still needed?
title_fullStr NZ journalism unit standards: Are they still needed?
title_full_unstemmed NZ journalism unit standards: Are they still needed?
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