2025 Congress in Perth
As the official WJEC website is undergoing a major design update, you will be directed to the 2025 World Journalism and Education Congress website. Please use the following link: https://www.wjec2025.com
As the official WJEC website is undergoing a major design update, you will be directed to the 2025 World Journalism and Education Congress website. Please use the following link: https://www.wjec2025.com
Huge congratulations to Margaret Hughes, who has been elected as the new Chair of the World Journalism Education Council! Margaret served as the Chair of AJE (UK) from 2016 to 2023. During her tenure, she successfully established AJE’s reputation within the UK and internationally, solidifying its position as a vital platform for journalism educators to…
In a world where much journalism education goes unrecognised, WJEC vice chair Nico Drok is a well-deserved exception. This stalwart, and host of the third edition of the World Journalism Education Congress, has received the prestigious title of “Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau”, for his more than 40-year career in promoting journalism education…
Book launches and free hard copies were part of a WJEC panel held at the annual congress of the International Association for Communications and Media Research (IAMCR), held in France in early July. This was in the context of a lively panel discussion titled “Teaching journalism today”, convened at the start of the IAMCR congress…
Three new WJEC publications will be presented at a special session “Teaching journalism today”, on Monday July 10, at IAMCR conference in Lyon. ‘Journalistic Roles, Values and Qualifications in the Network Era’ by Nico Drok and Rolien Duiven, describes the views of journalism educators around the globe on the future of journalism including interesting similarities…
We are proud to announce that WJEC and the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) are working in partnership to produce BEA’s Festival of Media Arts. The Festival is BEA’s international digital media and broadcast creative competition for faculty and students. Each year the Festival receives over 1,600 entries from more than 300 participating schools from around…
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When a vibrant media infrastructure is more important than ever, thisfree online course can help result in policies that promote affordableinternet, protect journalism and support independent media –especially in Africa. See the flyer for details. Feedback from participants last year: ● “The modules were packed with useful and incredibly conciseinformation, with transcripts one can download…