BRAZILIAN JOURNALISM RESEARCH Voume 4 Number 2 Semester 2 2008 The Teaching of journalism has always been a concern among researchers in This field. In 2008 in Brazil, the demise of the journalist diploma and the need for more appropriate training of this type of professional was once more much discussed. Professor Jose Marques de Melo, one of the founders of the SBPJor (Associacao Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo – Brazilian Association of Journalism Researchers) and the entity s first member emeritus, was named by the Education Ministry to preside over a committee for the purpose of revising the curriculum guidelines of the Journalism courses in Brazil. Among the members of this committee is a representative of the SBPJor, Luis Gonzaga Motta. Other institutions are also participating in the committee, such as the FENAJ (Federacao Nacional dos Jornalistas – National Journalists Federation) and the FNPJ (Federacao Nacional de Professores em Jornalismo – National Federation of Journalism Professors). Therefore, there could not be a more timely moment for the BJR, in this edition, to discuss the state of the art of journalism teaching in Brazil and in other parts of the world. In his dossier, Xose Lopez Garcia, professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain, offers an x-ray of journalism teaching in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Lopez gives emphasis to the Brazilian system which offers post-graduation on the master and doctorate level, and shows what can be learned from our country s experience. He also highlights the changes in the journalism curriculum with the transformations of the digital era and points out some paths taken in Europe with the Bologna Treaty. What are the challenges in teaching journalism in the era of media convergence? This question is a constant among researchers in this QUALITY IN THE TEACHING OF JOURNALISM