journalism curriculum reform - equipping the next generation
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JOURNALISM CURRICULUM REFORM –EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION
Westminster Media Forum The future of news: partnerships, engagement and diversity
The Caledonian Club, London9 July 2015
FRANÇOIS NEL @francoisnel
EDUCATION
The Labour Force Survey 2012 put the total number of journalism jobs at 70,000. The devil is, of course, in the detail. •Full-time employed: 37,000•Part-time employed: 5,000•Full-time self-employed: 17,000•Part-time self-employed: 10,000NCTJ report estimates that 1 in four of those who declare themselves as journalists work creating marketing-related content. That would make it about 27,750 full-time and 3,750 part-time employed journalists in 2012. With job cuts continuing, particular in the regional press, it would not be unreasonable to suggest that in 2015 those numbers are down another 10% to around 24,9750 fulltime and about 3,375 part-time journalists. That’s about 28, 325 journalists in total*. The were 12,660 full and part-time students in HE in the UK**. Or about 2 journalists for every journalism student enrolled.
THERE ARE ABOUT 30,000 FULL AND PART-TIME EMPLOYED JOURNALISTS IN
THE UK. ABOUT ½ OF ESTIMATES AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
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JOURNALISM STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATIOn (2000-1 to 2013-14)
Series1 Moving average (Series1) Source: Higher Education Statistical Authority (HESA)
ABOUT 13,000 JOURNALISM HE STUDENTS IN THE UK. UP 230%
SINCE 2000-1.
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THE RATIO OF WORKING JOURNALISTS : JOURNALISM STUDENTS
2:1 That’s about 28, 325 journalists in total*. The were 12,660 full and part-time students in HE in the UK**. Or about 2 journalists for every journalism student enrolled.
JOURNALISM ENTREPRENEUR (Roles, Sectors,
Issues & Constraints)
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
(Broader ‘market’,
stakeholders, information
needs of communities, technologies)
SERVICE & SUPPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE (Organisations,
networks, associations,
capacity-building bodies, funding) REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT(Policy
frameworks, regulatory
mechanisms)
Framework adapted by Francois Nel from the proposed Social Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Policy Study led in South Africa by Dr. Eliada Griffin-EL http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/s.asp?p=497
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DISCUSSING VIRTUAL REALITY AT THE ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISM EDUCATORS CONFERENCE IN JUNE 2015.
