Which bedrock in a sea of change?. (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Josephi, Beate
• Other Names: Peters Chris guest-editor.; Carlson Matt guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journalism. Volume 20:Number 5(2019)
• Page Start: 679
• Page End: 687
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: Globalization -- history -- journalism -- journalism skills -- journalism studies; Journalism -- Periodicals; Journalism -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 070.405
• DOI: 10.1177/1464884918760673
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1464-8849

Abstract

In answer to the question of how journalism studies can prove its continued significance, this article argues that journalism skills should be seen as bedrock for journalism studies. From a historical perspective, journalism studies has grown out of journalism education, with its emphasis on training journalists. From a global perspective, it is the skill of sourcing, verifying, and communicating news, which is common to journalists around the world, and sets them apart from other information providers. In this respect, both historically and globally, journalism skills are fundamental to journalism and, by extension, can aid journalism studies to locate its own center and draw distinctions from other fields of study.