An NCTJ conference in Manchester came to the conclusion that editors are looking for a mixture of old and new skills in trainee journalists. The Journalism Skills Survey found the following:
“Trying to find what the industry may look like in five years time is fraught with dangers.
“Change has been rapid in recent years and few, if any, are willing to stick their necks out and say what the world will look like five – or even two – years from now.
“Among both national and regional newspapers, there was strong recognition that journalists would need the ‘new’ skills.
“There was broad consensus across the views of interviewees that the skill sets of print journalists and broadcast journalists are becoming similar.
“The view was also articulated that all sectors are looking for new entrants who are comfortable working across two of three platforms in the course of a working day.”
But according to Charlie Beckett head of POLIS, the initial findings of a new report by Goldsmiths Media Research Centre shows that many journalists think quality is declining: http://www.charliebeckett.org/?p=924#more-924
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