Mechelen 2013 Conference

Dates: 3 – 5 July 2013

Theme: RENEWING JOURNALISM THROUGH EDUCATION

Organizing committee: The European Journalism Education Association (EJTA) and the Flemish/Dutch organization of journalism education (VNOJ).

Congress hosts: Thomas More and the city of Mechelen, Belgium

 

Evaluation Report

1. Ahva, L. (July,2013). Learning Professional Reflexivity through Public Journalism.
2. Alkazemi, M. F., Nashmi, E. A. & Wanta, W. (July,2013). Attitudes Toward Journalism in Kuwait:The Educational Process of Students in an Emerging Democracy.
3. Amenaghawon, F. (July,2013). Journalist as Journalism educators: Surveying the International Institute of Journalism in Nigeria.
4. Anaeto, S. G. (July,2013). Achieving journalistic goals through media literacy education in Nigeria.
5. Antonova, S. (July,2013). Global expertise in the classroom: Evaluating the learning potential of teaching with videoconferencing.
6. Antonova, S. (July,2013). Local students “meet” international experts: Enhancing journalism teaching by using interactive videoconferencing.
7. Arbatskaya, E. (July,2013). Experience of realization of the course of multimedia journalism.
8. Baines, D. & Kelsey, D. (July,2013). Journalism Education after Leveson:  Phronesis, Ideology and Dismantling the Cult of the Leader.
9. Bakker, P. (July,2013). Journalism we don’t teach at journalism schools.
10. Bonfiglioli, C. (July,2013). Reporting Obesity: How ethical is news    coverage of this global health problem? Using reflective practice and journalism ethics to inform new approaches to obesity news.
11. Boris, L. (July,2013). Professional culture of journalists: frames analysis.
12. Bowd, K. (July,2013). Left behind or making their own way? Online and interactive communication and small-town newspaper journalists’ professional practice.
13. Buijs, L., de Haan, Y. & Smit, G. (July,2013). Entering the world of visualizations: Multi-skilled journalists or an interdisciplinary working field?
14. Burkhardt, S. (July,2013). Educating journalists as agents of social change.
15.  Chuma, W. & Banda, F. (July,2013). Climate Change Journalism: The challenges and possibilities of teaching specialised journalistic literacies in African Journalism Schools
16. Cokely, J., Wenger, D., Wenger, M. & McBride, J.  (July,2013). Creating culturally-adept journalists: mobility without homogenization.
17. Das, J. (July,2013). Environmental Journalism in Bangladesh Advocacy Versus General Reporting.
18. Diekerhof, E. (July,2013). Research skills for journalism students:between traditional routines and advanced techniques & tools.
19. Duiven, R., Drok, N. & Hermans, L. (July,2013). MijnZ: Can an Internet site strengthen the connection between regional journalism and youth?
20. Elizabeth, B. (July,2013). Paradise or Poverty: Environmental Journalism in Jamaica and Nepal.
21. Esguerra, C. (July,2013). Journalism Ethics in Pastoral Communication Perspective: The Case of the Philippine Press.
22. Fengler, S. & Eberwein, T. (July,2013). Journalists, journalism education and media accountability: First results of a comparative journalists’ survey in 14 European and Arab countries.
23. Forsslund, T. (July,2013). On the threshold of journalism as a profession Case studies of former students and their opportunities to work as they learnt.
24. Geere, A. (July,2013). How a lack of training and education threatens photojournalism in East Africa?
25. Grandin, F. & Moreira, S. V. (July,2013). Journalism and Databases: Current Experiences that Signal the Future of the Profession.
26. Grant, A. E., Wilkinson, J. S. & Guerrazzi, D. (July,2013). Impact of Format on Evaluations of Online News.
27. Groenhart, H. (July,2013). Improving the profession or improving students? Five perspectives of public media accountability in journalism education curricula.
28. Gromova, L. (July,2013). Implementation of The Bologna Process in The Russian Journalism Education: Challenges and Perspectives.
29. Grusha, A. (July,2013). Journalism Students without Borders.
30. Haan, Y. D., Groenhart, H., Liempt, A. D., Hietbrink, N., Matenboer, B., Kragtwijk, A., Wolters, E., Diephuis,F., Groen, T. D., Leenders, J. & Aleman, A. (July,2013). Journalists’ intertwining relationship with their sources: A need for more negotiating skills at schools of journalism.
31. Harnischmacher, M. (July,2013). Renewal or Reluctance? How journalism programs in higher education deal with a changing media market – results of a long -term study?
32. Hermans, L. (July,2013). Journalism ideology and educational background in the Netherlands.
33. Huang, Y. (July,2013). Fame and Frame: visibility and representation of female MPs in Taiwanese newspapers.
34. Hummel, R., Kirchhoff, S. & Prandner, D. (July,2013). Which Education for Which Journalism under Which Circumstances?
35. Jirák, J. (July,2013). No Journalism for Old Men.
36. Jones, S. (July,2013). Inspiring innovation through journalism education.
37. Jong, J., Koetsenruijter, W. & Smit, L. (July,2013). An integrated model for the analysis of visual information in journalism education.
38. Jordaan, M. (July,2013). Raising the Mamelodi Voice: creating space for journalism students to teach themselves.
39. Keith, S. (July,2013). Technology and editing education in the United States: Preparing students for an uncertain future.
40. Knight, M. & Porter, M. (July,2013). Hacks and hackers in the classroom: facilitating communication and collaborative data journalism projects between journalism and web development students.
41. Lengauer, M. (July,2013). Academic Journalism Education in the Arab Context – Journalistic professionalism through academic education.
42. Litvinenko, A. & Puyu, A. (July,2013). Glocalization in the education of international journalists: the Russian Perspective
43. Lukina, M. & Vartanova, E. (July,2013). New Competences for the Future Journalists: Russian JE meets Industrial Demand.
44. Lyudmila, S. (July,2013). Journalist education: innovative technologies.
45. Manfredi, J. L. (July,2013). Entrepreneurial journalism in Spain.
46. Mensing, D. (July,2013). Entrepreneurial Journalism Education.
47. Mertens, S. (July,2013). Political Parallelism in the journalistic representation of Islam. Development of a methodology with case-studies from Flanders.
48. Mükke, L. (July,2013). Investigate 2nd World War: How German Students discover their Family History A Synopsis of a Journalism Seminar at Leipzig University.
49. Opiniano, J. (July,2013). Managing Philippine Journalism Education: The Influences of Regulation, Industry’s Journalistic Quality and Students’ Proficiency in Journalism.
50. Opiniano, J., Beltran, B. B., Valcos, M. L. M. & Yap, P. A. (July,2013). Narrative Journalism for News Media in the Developing World? A Reflection for Academia and Industry.
51. OYEWO, O. O. (July,2013). Teaching Journalism in a Proliferated System: The State of Journalism Education in Nigeria.
52. Paiva, R. & Sodre, M. (July,2013). Journalism education at cybernetic times.
53. Patwardhan, P., Sarow, M. & Stuart, B. (July,2013). Infusing Global Learning in the Journalism/Mass Communication Curriculum: A Case Study
54. Pereira, F. H., Moura, D. O., Pires, K. M. & Lima, A. P. S. (July,2013). Journalism students’ profile and their perceptions about journalism education in Brazil: a comparative analysis between local and national scenario.
55. Posetti, J. & Powles, J. (July,2013). Reporting Refugees: A case study in interdisciplinary research-led experiential learning.
56. Prozorov, V. & Borisova, L. (July,2013). Journalistic education at the Saratov state university: experience in working with Federal education standards.
57. Richards, I. & Josephi, B. (July,2013). How well can universities provide training for investigative journalism?
58. Rimestad, L. (July,2013). Presenting an idea to the editor: A study of how journalist interns present news story ideas at morning meetings.
59. Saari, M (July,2013). Past the platform: a learner centered theoretical framework for adapting journalism curriculum.
60. Saari, M. (July,2013). Past the platform: A learner- centered theoretical framework for adapting journalism curriculum.
61. Saleh, I. (July,2013). Journalism in MENA in the Post Revolution Era: Introducing Cultures of Resistance & Shifting Power Relations.
62. Saleh, I. (July,2013). Transformation of Professional Education to Journalism Research and Education Section-From Critical Pedagogical Theory to Meaning-Based Practice.
63. Salvosa, F. (July,2013). “Post-war Economic Development and the Birth of Business Journalism in the Philippines”.
64. Sanjay, B. P. (July,2013). Journalism Education: Challenges to Universities & Training Institutions-A Perspective from India.
65. Simons, M., Kaa, H. V. & Schmetz, W. (July,2013). Evaluating the Nero Project.
66. Skochilo, E., Toralieva, G., Freedman, E. & Shafer, R. (July,2013). Challenges to Implementing Western-Style Journalism Education in the Former Soviet Union: A Case Study of American University of Central Asia.
67. Snel, J. (July,2013). Freedom of Expression and Journalism: A Case-Study from The Netherlands.
68. Spasovska, K. (July,2013). How journalists view journalism education in Macedonia?
69. Steyn, E. (July,2013). Recognizing potential and encouraging progress – using innovative teaching environments and tools to facilitate learning and peer mentoring among South Asian students.
70. Svith, F. (July,2013). Journalism– neo-modern and deliberative an alternative journalistic approach.
71. Tahat, K. & Self, C. C. (July,2013). An Examination of Curricula in Middle Eastern Journalism Schools in Light of Suggested Model Curricula.
72. Terzis, G. (July,2013). The Interplay Between Journalism Education and Media Governance in Europe.
73. Toughill, K. (July,2013). Gauging student interest in studying the business of journalism.
74. Uskali, T. & Uotila, P. (July,2013). Experiences of the First Multi-Platform Journalism Courses in Finland: Towards Real-time Reporting and Co-Learning.
75. Uskali, T. (July,2013). Innovations in Journalism: New Challenges and Opportunities for Journalism Education.
76. Valdez, V. (July,2013). From the newsroom to the academe and back: What professional journalists learn in a graduate program.
77. Van der Kaa, H. (July,2013). The rise of guerrilla journalism: When citizen journalists go mainstream.
78. Volodymyr, R. (July,2013). Journalism education and national qualifications frameworks: Look into the Future.
79. Wake, A. (July,2013). Lessons in aiding journalism and democracy: a study of Australian educators working in the Asia Pacific.
80. Wall, M. (July,2013). Pop-Up Newsroom: Student Journalists Produce a Temporary, Virtual News Space.
81. Wien, C. (July,2013). The need for training students of journalism in reporting of research.
82.  Willemars, M. (July,2013). Educating attitude: The potential of professional roles and role perceptions in journalism education.
83. Wilson, D., Russell, B. & Stevens, G. (July,2013). Social media and journalism education: The 5 ‘w’s in 140 characters?
84. Yin, J. (July,2013). Global Village? What Global Village?

Panel 1 Ethics and accountability two parts of the same attitude?  

Short descriptions: Accountability as part of journalistic attitudes becomes   more important. How is accountability organised in different countries and what should students as a professional know? Ethics and social media, new rules for journalists?Ethics in journalism: worldwide the same?  Changing views on media ethics.

 

Panel 2 Investigate Journalism

Short descriptions: The debate will take stock of current investigative journalism and provide guidance for investigative journalism education. Participants will deal with the following questions:

Financing the future of investigation: crowdfunding as a response to the economic challenges that the investigative journalists face (for example Pro Publica in US or Kiss Kiss Bank Bank in Europe,)

Crowdsourcing: when the people investigate with the journalist.

The importance of investigative journalism and investigative journalism training in countries in political transition.

 

Panel 3 Global Reporting: Perceiving the World Beyond (y)our World

Short descriptions: The panel firstly aims at clarifying the weaknesses and challenges of reporting global or development issues in Europe. European journalists are often lacking deeper understanding of many issues due to limited resources to get first hand impressions from the ground and investigation based on desk research or footage form agencies

The panel secondly targets to identify solutions how to improve the quality of global and development reporting sustainably among European media. Main aspect will be put on journalism education in Europe and how it can be improved in a way to allow young journalists a more professional and comprehensive view on global issues avoid stereotyping and biased perception.

 

Panel 4 Media and information literacy

Short descriptions: A key notion in the future of journalism and journalism education is the evolution of media use by youngsters.There is a dramatic shift within the media behaviour of young people and how they deal with the immediate and constant presence of online news, user-generated news, social media and all kinds of media modes. What is the role of the young media creator (journalist) and the young consumer? What is the responsibility of journalism departments to stimulate media, information and news literacy in relation to citizenship? How to teach students of journalism the importance of insight in media use and roles and the relationship between this insight and participatory behaviour amongst the internet generation?

 

Panel 5 Media and empowerment

Short descriptions: Empowerment concerns the providing (of groups of) citizens with information, knowledge and skills in order to enable these citizens to more fully participate in society. Journalists can contribute to citizen empowerment by paying more attention to citizens’ problems, interests and concerns in general and other groups – such as women, minorities – in particular. Social media can enhance processes of empowerment due to its directness and opportunities for bottom-up interaction and communication between journalists/media and the public. Journalist will profit by having better sources and better connections with everyday life of the public. Do we need more room for empowerment through journalism in our curricula, and if so: what would it look like?

 

Panel 6 Research on Journalism Education

Short descriptions: Discussion of studies into how journalism is taught, successes and challenges, how journalism education has, or needs to, change.

 

Panel 7 UNESCO/OSISA Panel on Teaching Alternative Journalistic Literacies/Specialisms in African Journalism Schools

Short descriptions: Using climate change as an entry point, this panel analyses the problems and prospects associated with teaching specialized journalistic literacies in African schools of journalism. It brings together a small group of journalism educators to share experiences, research outputs and best practices on climate change journalism and how it can be mainstreamed in African journalism training curricula.

 

Panel 8 “Identifying, developing and nurturing internal and external collaborations to enhance journalism programs”

Short descriptions:Panelists will discuss ways journalism programs can increase their visibility to remain central to their home universities’ core missions.  Topics include ideas on keeping faculty connected with professional media, working with international organizations and foundations, using student project work to serve the community and gain visibility, applying journalistic skills to initiatives in other parts of the university and helping to provide on-going professional development for working journalists.

 

Panel 9 WJEC-3 Ignite: New Ideas in Teaching Journalism

Short descriptions: Ignite brings you brilliance & innovation in 5-minute blasts as presenters share their best enterprise ideas for the classroom. Presenters have 5 minutes, and 20 slides, to share their top teaching tips. Attendees should come prepared to add these passionate teaching ideas to their arsenal for use in their classroom immediately. These thirteen best IGNITE ideas have been peer reviewed and will be presented live during this WJEC-3 session.

 

Panel 10 Academy and the Industry

Short descriptions: This session is intended to address aspects regarding the relationship between the academy and the media industry, including the following aspects: (a) the disruption of media business models and the new requirements and training skills of journalists, and (b) the adaptation of Journalism Schools’ curricula in order to face the new trends of multimedia journalism.

• 1(a). Accountability and Transparency
• 1(b). Coping with Spin and Pressure
• 2 (a). Data Journalism
• 2(b). Storytelling
• 3(a). Young Journalists on Global Issues
• 3(b). Reporting Europe
• 4(a) Empowerment through Information and Media Literacy
• 4(b). Young People and the News
• 5(a). Journalism in a Network Society
• 5(b). Citizen Journalism and Civic Journalism
• 6(a). Shifting Goals of Journalism Education
• 6 (b). Role Perceptions and Professional Values Worldwide
• 6(c). Quality Assurance in Journalism Education