Abstract
There is a friendly conflict between field broadcast journalists and broadcast journalism instructors. The conflict centers on the development of best instructional practices for the student journalists. This qualitative study is an attempt to bridge the gap between field journalists and journalism instructors. To accomplish this goal, first, a review of the academic literature was conducted to establish a research base. Then, interviews were conducted with field broadcast journalists ( n = 4) to answer the following guiding research question: According to field broadcast journalists, what knowledge, skills, and training are required when transitioning from MC student into professional broadcast journalist? This study presents the findings of these interviews. Areas of focus are technology, internships, and student motivation. The study concludes with a discussion of academic advisory groups. However, the ultimate goal of the study is to get the two groups talking rather than scowling at each other from across the news desk.
Highlights
With technology changing, you got newspaper companies doing the same thing as TV stations, so there are many one-man-bands where newspapers are doing it and placing those stories on the website it’s, all part of media today. (Respondent 1, personal communication, March 16, 2013)
Modern journalists must understand how to produce news in a society where entertainment is increasingly valued over information, where social media is as important as traditional media, and where journalism teams have been replaced with the one-personband (Mensing, 2010; Potter, 2012)
This report will consider both the academic literature and interviews conducted with FBJs when answering the guiding research question: Research Question 1: According to field broadcast journalists, what knowledge, skills, and training are required when transitioning from Mass Communication (MC) student into professional broadcast journalist?
Summary
With technology changing, you got newspaper companies doing the same thing as TV stations, so there are many one-man-bands where newspapers are doing it and placing those stories on the website it’s, all part of media today. (Respondent 1, personal communication, March 16, 2013). Today’s broadcast journalist must be an strong writer, videographer, editor, and on-air talent (Hu, 2012; Powers, 2010; Wyss, 2009). This “one-person-band” approach to broadcast journalism is a new phenomenon. In the current era of broadcast production, post-secondary Mass Communication (MC) Departments face a new challenge. That task and the problem this article will address is developing a broadcast journalism curriculum that reflects changes at the professional level
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