The ghost of Felix Culpa: Adventures in the journalism education trade

What is the most effective way to teach the realities of journalism to students? This article argues that the most effective model is the community newspaper, which provides students with the opportunity to learn how to write for their own community, but also to learn the fundamentals of running a...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d3cf0e48465d4263874b336257ea8aaf2021-12-02T13:03:23ZThe ghost of Felix Culpa: Adventures in the journalism education trade10.24135/pjr.v22i2.581023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/d3cf0e48465d4263874b336257ea8aaf2016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/58https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 What is the most effective way to teach the realities of journalism to students? This article argues that the most effective model is the community newspaper, which provides students with the opportunity to learn how to write for their own community, but also to learn the fundamentals of running a news outlet, from selling advertising to liaising with printers. It also argues that the same lessons can be applied in the digital age to online news sites and to students who need to know how to keep themselves afloat as independent journalists. Drawing on 20 years’ of experience teaching journalism in different countries, including Australia, Fiji and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the article looks at what worked, what did not and what lessons can be learned for the future.   Philip CassAsia Pacific Networkarticlejournalism educationFelix CulpaFour Windslaboratory newspapersThe CorantoThe MirrorCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 22, Iss 2 (2016)
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topic journalism education
Felix Culpa
Four Winds
laboratory newspapers
The Coranto
The Mirror
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle journalism education
Felix Culpa
Four Winds
laboratory newspapers
The Coranto
The Mirror
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Philip Cass
The ghost of Felix Culpa: Adventures in the journalism education trade
description What is the most effective way to teach the realities of journalism to students? This article argues that the most effective model is the community newspaper, which provides students with the opportunity to learn how to write for their own community, but also to learn the fundamentals of running a news outlet, from selling advertising to liaising with printers. It also argues that the same lessons can be applied in the digital age to online news sites and to students who need to know how to keep themselves afloat as independent journalists. Drawing on 20 years’ of experience teaching journalism in different countries, including Australia, Fiji and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the article looks at what worked, what did not and what lessons can be learned for the future.  
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