Time for journalism academics to get real (Tim Luckhurst) | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk September 30, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , trackbackMight reflect lack of funding for such debates/research; low level of cross-over between business and journalism within universities; and the focus primarily on teaching journalism and, for most research, on other aspects of journalism more likely to attract funding (for research). Perhaps Luckhurst will be asking Kent Messenger group to fund it…
"There is a real opportunity here for journalism academics to step beyond the stale and abstract and engage with harsh reality. Can we stimulate a plausible, productive debate about the media economics of the internet era? Can we devise a model in which good reporters can be employed and good journalism can thrive? It would be the best possible response to those who doubt whether journalism has a place in universities."
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