“Media organizations can provide funding for their trained personnel to instruct faculty,” she says, adding that “tensions between faculty and practicing journalists must end.”
She acknowledges, however, that such partnerships may not be available as media companies continue facing cutbacks
and layoffs.
So ultimately, McAdams and Tompkins suggest, it may be up to the institutions or the educators themselves to at least get away from the “silo approach” of teaching journalism as separate print, broadcast and online entities.
“Journalism is one of those disciplines that is constantly changing,” Tompkins says. “Teachers need to constantly update their materials and skills; the old ways of doing things often have to be reshaped.”
Resources For Multimedia Journalism
Seminars and online training opportunities are offered by various institutions and organizations including:
Poynter Institute (poynter.org and newsu.org)
American Press Institute (api.org)
University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (journalism.berkeley.edu)
The Freedom Forum (freedomforum.org) is offering an online and multimedia training seminar in August for graduates of its various programs
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