What journalistic skills are best learned in a university or college setting?
Analytical, writing and other related skills can be taught at universities or colleges but they have to be complemented by actual practice whether through campus journalism or part-time work in media organizations. Students could also benefit greatly if professors are practicing journalists themselves because they can better share relevant work experience. This is the reason I continue to be a journalist even if I already have full-time work in the university. What is the importance of attending a good university or college to learn journalistic skills? Depending on the school and the professors handling the courses, the academic environment can provide the necessary skills, knowledge and theoretical grounding with regard to journalism. But as mentioned before, actual practice is necessary and it should not be confined to classroom workshops or writing laboratories. Students should be required to do field work, and must have enough initiative to work, even if part-time, for media organ
