The gap between online journalism education and practice: A Hong Kong study

Ying Roselyn Du; S. C. Eric Lo

doi:10.1177/1077695814554294

The gap between online journalism education and practice: A Hong Kong study

Ying Roselyn Du^*, S. C. Eric Lo

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Department of Journalism

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This twin survey of online journalism professionals and students examines their perceptions of journalism skills, duties, and concepts. Using samples of online journalists and journalism students in Hong Kong, Asia’s media hub, it attempts to offer updated insights into the changes taking place in journalism classrooms and newsrooms and uncovers the discordance between online journalism education and practice. The study finds that traditional journalistic skills remain prioritized over technical skills in online newsrooms. The findings also suggest that today’s journalism students are fairly proficient in new media skills. Therefore, journalism curricula should not forgo training students in traditional journalistic skills for computer skills.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	415-434
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
Volume	69
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695814554294
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2014

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Journalism education
Journalism practice
Online journalism
Survey

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