Exploring a model for training journalism students

Abstract

The decline in general knowledge, and more specifically knowledge of history, among students has become a serious problem to journalism lecturers worldwide. It also reflects detrimentally on the media employing these students, as the media are increasingly becoming the target of criticism for superficiality and lack of contextual references in news reports. This article explores the influence of entertainment on news presentation and the development of a serious need for the introduction of a basic level of history to journalism students. It reinvestigates this need in the light of recent arguments by Berger in South Africa and Hirsch, Patterson and others in the USA. It also compares applicants to journalism courses who studied history at undergraduate level, and those who did not.

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