Mapping the development of Chinese journalism education: progress, problems and prospects

Abstract

Chinese Journalism education has gone throughrapid development in terms of curriculum setting, student enrolment, as well asits cooperation with the media industry during the past decades. However it haslong been criticized for its lacking of needy knowledge required in the labormarket and unqualified teaching resources. This paper pictures the developmentof Chinese Journalism education at the tertiary level, summarizing its major achievementsand problems, and raise suggestions accordingly for its further development.