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Sustainable Journalism Education - the Only Possible Way to the Future

There has been no attempt yet of setting journalism education in the context of sustainability, and even the idea of its universality was a myth until recently. Based on the evolution of academic proposals to advance journalism education, most current references are aimed at updating journalistic knowledge and acquiring skills connected to the technological revolution leading to substantial media change, journalistic genres convergence, journalism producing trends, different subjects that create journalism and new socially important topics, all followed by upgraded media ethics and laws mirroring the importance of strong links between academy, profession and the public. In complex global surroundings, however, while the media form realities, impose understandings and meanings, follow us everywhere and fully participate in our lives, education of journalists should be understood much deeper and taken more seriously than ever. Apart from being professionally educated, autonomous and responsible, (self)- conscious humanists are needed to cope and properly respond to such challenges. The sustainable cycle of journalism education could answer those needs by focusing on the academic outcome of a journalist as a whole human being if the holistic education perspective is applied. Based on the Journalistic Personality Model, the aim of this theoretical paper is to elaborate the concept of sustainable journalism education and its advantages.

sustainable journalism education, journalistic personality model, holistic education, journalistic ability, journalistic competence

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