The practical side of educating future journalists

Rafał Polak

English version of the article

There has been an ongoing debate concerning the education of future journalists since this discipline was first introduced at our universities over 100 years ago. The issue discussed is whether future journalists should be taught more theory or more practical aspects. There are advocates of both concepts and numerous significant arguments for and against. This article presents journalism and social communication studies academic teachers’ point of view on aspects of practical dimension of educating future journalists in Poland.

KEYWORDS

journalist, practice, job training, practical skills