5TH WORLD JOURNALISM EDUCATION CONGRESS Call for Syndicate Suggestions “Teaching Journalism During a Disruptive Age” The Syndicate Program: an interactive conference highlight on the most urgent issues in journalism and journalism education today. WHAT ARE SYNDICATES? The syndicates are small, themed discussion groups that produce recommendations to help improve journalism education worldwide. They encourage all... Continue Reading →
Educators and journalists in Spanish-speaking countries now have access to a free ebook compiling country case studies on journalism education, as well as lessons from journalism educators around the world. “Global Journalism Education: Challenges and Innovations,” edited by professors Robyn S. Goodman and Elanie Steyn, was recently published in Spanish as an ebook by the... Continue Reading →
AERAS OF RESEARCH The WJEC is currently soliciting academic paper abstracts related to the wider issue of journalism education. These will be presented as refereed research papers at the forthcoming Paris conference. Abstracts will be accepted on a variety of topics related to mass communication. However, submitters are encouraged to focus their entries on the... Continue Reading →
Do not forget to stay updated about the upcoming congress in Paris in 2019. Check out the website here.
The much anticipated WJEC-endorsed book "Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations" is now available free online or for purchase at Amazon. It was launched April 22 at the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) in Austin, Texas, USA, and is being published by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at... Continue Reading →
The fourth World Journalism Education Congress will be held July 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is hosting the Congress. The proposed theme of the congress is “Identity and Integrity of Journalism Education.” Auckland Convention Bureau (ACB), part of Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) worked with AUT to secure... Continue Reading →
The third World Journalism Education Congress was held July 3-5, 2013 in Mechelen, Belgium just outside Brussels. The meeting was sponsored by the World Journalism Education Council, a consortium of 32 journalism education organizations around the world. The theme of the congress was "Renewing Journalism Through Education." The host organizations were the European Journalism Training... Continue Reading →
Representatives to the World Journalism Education Council will meet August 5 in Montreal to select a venue for the 4th World Journalism Education Congress. The congresses are held under the auspices of the World Journalism Education Council, which is an informal coalition of 32 academic organizations involved partly or wholly in journalism education that is... Continue Reading →
The World Journalism Education Congress announces a call for proposals to host the 4th World Journalism Education Congress to be held in 2016. This fourth meeting will follow highly successful congresses in Singapore (2007), Grahamstown, South Africa (2010) and Mechelen, Belgium (2013). The congresses are held under the auspices of the World Journalism Education Council,... Continue Reading →
