Original scientific paper
JOURNALISTIC WORKSHOP
Gordana Vilović
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The author describes the basic features of the work in the Journalistic Workshop as a specific format of promoting journalistic knowledge and skills. After the two-year collaboration of three generations of young journalists with a group of Croatian and foreign media experts, a survey was conducted about the usefulness of this Workshop. The results are included in this article. The central conclusion is that a big majority of the participating journalists highly appreciated the knowledge gained through it. Particularly encouraging is the fact that most respondents have been able to use this knowledge regardless of the type of media they are working for (whether those state-controlled or opposition-controlled). The participants think that the responsibility for the impossibility of using the professional standards in journalism lies with “editors afraid of any changes” or “owners weary of any changes”. The respondents included young journalists with little work experience, mostly undergraduates. These facts are significant for their attitudes about the professional training within the Workshop or some other form of training. All of them want to learn and enhance their professional expertise. Also, the Workshop served as an incentive for the participants: after the threemonth journalistic training, eight of them enrolled at the Faculty of Political Science, Department of journalism.
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Hrčak ID:
32073
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Publication date:
3.3.1999.
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