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Journalism Trainers' and Newspaper Editors' Assessment of University and Polytechnic Journalism Grad

Authors: OJOMO Olusegun

Publication Type: Journal article

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Various stakeholders in the Nigerian journalism and mass communication industry have debated the strength of one genre of journalism training over the other, often informally. Such debates have particularly pitted proponents of university journalism education against proponents of polytechnic education with each group claiming superiority of their preference over those of their opponents. This study sought to formally investigate this subject by examining the perceptions of journalism trainers of universities and polytechnics as well as editors of newspapers in South-West Nigeria. Using the complete enumeration method, the author surveyed twenty-two (22) out of twenty-eight (28) journalism training institutions and sixteen (16) out of nineteen (19) daily and weekly newspapers. One hundred and seventeen (117) trainers and one hundred and twenty-eight( 128) editors responded to two, similar questionnaires. Ten (10) trainers and ten (10) editors chosen through the available sampling method were also interviewed to provide qualitative data. The study found that both trainers and newspaper editors prefer university-trained journalists to polytechnic-trained journalists. The study recommends a holistic panacea to the extant systemic challenges in journalism education in Nigeria particularly in the areas of admission, quality of staff and training infrastructure and a revamping of the internship process.

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OJOMO,O. . (0000). Journalism Trainers' and Newspaper Editors' Assessment of University and Polytechnic Journalism Grad, 0 (), 0-0.

OJOMO,O. . "Journalism Trainers' and Newspaper Editors' Assessment of University and Polytechnic Journalism Grad" 0, no (), (0000): 0-0.

OJOMO,O. and . (0000). Journalism Trainers' and Newspaper Editors' Assessment of University and Polytechnic Journalism Grad, 0 (), pp0-0.

OJOMOO, . Journalism Trainers' and Newspaper Editors' Assessment of University and Polytechnic Journalism Grad. 0000, 0 ():0-0.

OJOMO,Olusegun , . "Journalism Trainers' and Newspaper Editors' Assessment of University and Polytechnic Journalism Grad", 0 . (0000) : 0-0.

O.Olusegun , "Journalism Trainers' and Newspaper Editors' Assessment of University and Polytechnic Journalism Grad" vol.0, no., pp. 0-0, 0000.

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