Guides and Tips for adapting courses to online

COVID-19

Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption A GoogleDoc link with practical and adaptable advice for use across the sector. Some deep pedagogical insights and advice too. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ccsudB2vwZ_GJYoKlFzGbtnmftGcXwCIwxzf-jkkoCU/preview#heading=h.bsm2vj54ofq4 How to be a better online teacher The Chronicle of Higher Education has put together a comprehensive guide that covers essential principles and practices of better online teaching,…

Details

Margaret Hughes, new WJEC Chair

Carasoul, Member News

Huge congratulations to Margaret Hughes, who has been elected as the new Chair of the World Journalism Education Council! Margaret served as the Chair of AJE (UK) from 2016 to 2023. During her tenure, she successfully established AJE’s reputation within the UK and internationally, solidifying its position as a vital platform for journalism educators to…

Details

High recognition for WJEC vice chair

Carasoul, Member News

In a world where much journalism education goes unrecognised, WJEC vice chair Nico Drok is a well-deserved exception. This stalwart, and host of the third edition of the World Journalism Education Congress, has received the prestigious title of “Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau”, for his more than 40-year career in promoting journalism education…

Details

WJEC Book Launch at IAMCR Lyon

Carasoul, Member News, Publications

Three new WJEC publications will be presented at a special session “Teaching journalism today”, on Monday July 10, at IAMCR conference in Lyon. ‘Journalistic Roles, Values and Qualifications in the Network Era’ by Nico Drok and Rolien Duiven, describes the views of journalism educators around the globe on the future of journalism including interesting similarities…

Details
people gathering in building

2023 WJEC cancelled

Carasoul

  The World Journalism Education Council decided to cancel the 2023WJEC because of the lack of global outlook in the submissions and the travel restrictions The call for papers for the 2023 Congress closed on October 15. In the event, we received 393 abstracts, but 85 percent were submitted by journalism educators from China. This…

Details

2022 WJEC Recommendations for improving journalism education

2022 Online Conference, Carasoul

The WJEC 2022 Online Conference summary (stream) reports, highlighting  recommendations for improving journalism education worldwide, have been published. These 12 reports, inspired by WJEC’s syndicate program, originated from  expert report-backed, live-streamed discussion groups. More than 100 journalism educators and professionals from across the globe took part in hot topic journalism education-themed discussions, focused on the following:…

Details

Erasmus+ project ERUM (Enhancing Research Understanding through Media) materials available now

Uncategorized

The ERUM learning modules that are now accessible as Open Educational Resource via https://erum.uni-foundation.eu/:These focus on issues related to mis- and disinformation and allow for an integration into diverse fields of study – journalism included. The learning modules address controversially discussed topics that are prone to false information (such as migration, 5G or global warming),…

Details

Australia to host 2025 World Journalism Education Congress

Carasoul

The 7th World Journalism Education Congress will be held from July 1-3, 2025, in Perth, Western Australia. Hosted by Edith Cowan University, it will address the overall theme of “Journalism in post normal times”.  The congress will follow the format of all previous congresses offering a range of panel sessions, syndicates, paper presentations, workshops and students…

Details