Book: Requirements for Modern Journalism Education

The “Task Force Journalism Education” of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Media Program South East Europe has published a new book based on a research among students about their motivation to study journalism.

It is the first cross-national survey among students in South East Europe.

The survey was conducted from February to March 2015 in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia with 531 students from state and private universities.

It will serve as a basis for a public debate with politicians, media managers and other stakeholders on possible education reforms.

The book provides insights into the students’ perspective on journalism education at universities in South East Europe. The main objective of the survey was to analyse the attitudes of students on the system of journalism education and to give an answer to the following questions:

  • What motivates a student to pursue an education in journalism?
  • To what extent are students satisfied with the learning conditions?
  • What are their recommendations for study programme improvement?

Notable experts from universities and NGOs of the region are authors of the book.

The book editors are Viktorija Car, Miroljub Radojković and Manuela Zlateva.

Initiated by KAS, the working group was founded in May 2013. It consists of university professors and other media experts from the region and Germany, who discuss the framework conditions and the future development of journalism education in their countries.

The book is the second project of the working group after a publication with country reports on the status quo of journalism education in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia.

The book is available online in English and in German .