Opportunities and Challenges: Professional Development Programming in Media and Communication Education. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Crawford, Jerry; Boyles, Jan Lauren; Hernandez, Terri; Lou, Chen; Cheng, Hong; Perlmutter, David
• Other Names: Lipschultz Jeremy Harris guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journalism & mass communication educator. Volume 75:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: 436
• Page End: 452
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: employment -- faculty -- journalism and mass communication education -- journalism -- journalism and mass communication programs -- media -- mixed methods -- networking -- peer tutoring -- professional skills; Communication -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- Periodicals; Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- Periodicals; 070.07
• DOI: 10.1177/1077695820926835
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-6958

Abstract

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) leadership charged a 13-member Presidential Task Force on Careers to obtain membership's thoughts on preferences and needs regarding career-assistance programming and activities. This Spring 2019 report details a survey of the interest of educators, of all ranks, in current AEJMC efforts and the need for more targeted and accessible opportunities, both at annual conferences and online modules. Results included members' thoughts on professional development, burnout, tenure and posttenure processes, academic culture, and the importance of being forward thinking regarding news and strategic communications industries outside of academia.