1st Edition

The Routledge Companion to Journalism Education

Edited By Karen Fowler-Watt Copyright 2026
512 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Routledge Companion to Journalism Education brings together a global and transdisciplinary field of scholars, practitioners, and journalism educators to provide the most contemporary, research-informed, and practice-focused reflection on journalism education today.

Organised thematically over five sections, contributions examine a range of urgent challenges for journalism education and practice. These include matters of inclusivity and diversity, trust, online and physical safety, social media polarisation, and new technologies, including AI. Through exploration of a range of social and historical factors and scrutiny of journalism’s normative values, including its relationship with industry accreditation bodies, this volume critically considers the potential for journalism education to lead change in the industry.

This is an essential companion for journalism educators the world over, as well as for anyone researching the future of journalism education and its bearing on practice.

List of Contributors

 

Introduction: RE-IMAGINING JOURNALISM EDUCATION IN A TIME OF CRISIS

Karen Fowler-Watt

 

Section I: Historical Perspectives; Current Challenges

Chapter 1: The evolution of journalism education in the UK

Chris Frost

Chapter 2: Professional identity: educators' transition from industry to the academy

Catharine Eccles

Chapter 3: Journalism’s normative values and the challenge of objectivity

Tony Harcup

Chapter 4: Debunking false information: journalism in the age of 'information disorder

Marju Himma and Maia Klaassen

Chapter 5: Teaching trust: Setting the stage for journalism education

Patrick R. Johnson and Melissa Tully

Chapter 6: Media Manipulation: Fakes, Frauds and Liars: An Instructor’s Guide

Leonard M. Apcar

Chapter 7: Fluid futures: The changing boundaries of journalism

Nicole Blanchett, Colette Brin, Karen Owen, and Lisa Taylor

Chapter 8: Elitism, inclusivity and marginalised voices

Verica Rupar

Chapter 9: What journalism should we teach? An ideological question and possible framework guided by India’s New Education Policy

Sundeep R. Muppidi, Ph.D.

Chapter 10: What journalism should we teach? Global perspectives from journalism educators.

Nico Drok

 

Solution II: Teaching journalism/s I

Chapter 11: Embedding inclusivity in practice-based journalism pedagogy

Dr Myra Evans

Chapter 12: Pop Up Newsrooms: A Global Perspective 

Melissa Wall and Devadas Rajaram

Chapter 13: Youth voices: Telling social media news stories from students to students

Arly Faundes and David Osorio

Chapter 14: Standards, benchmarks & accreditations: A Case study from France

Pascal Guenee

Chapter 15: Embedding media law in the journalism curriculum

David Mascord

Chapter 16: Exploring faculty perspectives on partnerships between college journalism programmes and professional news outlets in the United States

Alison Burns

Chapter 17: The place and purpose of experiential learning projects in journalism education

Ben Parsons

Chapter 18: Challenges and Opportunities for Media Education in Egypt: Instructors’ Reflections on Teaching Journalism and Media during COVID-19

Rasha El-Ibiary

Chapter 19: Journalism Education in Wartime Ukraine: Resilience, Innovation and Global Implications

Galyna Piskorska

Chapter 20: Integrating AI: Hopes and Fears

Miriam Phillips

 

Section III: Teaching journalism/s II

Chapter 21: Journalism Ethics:

Eric Wishart

Chapter 22: Beyond knowledge exchange: bridging the divide between journalism education and practice

Lada T. Price, Olatunji Ogunyemi, Desiree Hill, Alexandra Wake, Saadia Malik, Matthew Pearson, Paula Melani Rocha, Archana Kumari, Leire Iturregui, Marijana Markovikj, Eleonora Serafimovska, Dele Odunlami and Semiu Musa Bello

Chapter 23: Trauma, harassment and self-care: Building resilience in online environments

Jenny Kean

Chapter 24: EMOTIONAL LITERACY AND NEWS JOURNALISM

Stephen Jukes

Chapter 25: News literacy in the context of 'information disorder'

Fran Yeoman

Chapter 26: Relearning Photojournalism

Stuart Allan and Anna Gormley

Chapter 27: Complexity, connection and collaboration: Creativity as key competency in a changing journalistic field

Tamara Witschge, Danielle Arets and Stijn Postema

Chapter 28: How to teach a moving method: Datajournalism education between maths anxiety and AI

Brigitte Alfter, Didde Elnif, Sandra Foresti and Adriana Homolova

CHAPTER 29: SOCIAL JUSTICE JOURNALISM 

Nicole Carr

 

Section IV: Interdisciplinary approaches to journalism education

Chapter 30: Interactive Documentary Making

Lei Chen and David O. Dowling

Chapter 31: Sounding Out Freedom: Radio with and for Teenagers Deprived of their Liberty—A Transformative Journalism Approach

Mathew Charles

Chapter 32: Interdisciplinary approaches to journalism education in Hong Kong: A case study

Roselyn Du

Chapter 33: RUNNING HEAD: Mapping the Field of Open-Source Investigations

Stephen D. Reese and Azza El-Masri

Chapter 34: A Manifesto for a New Journalism Education

Sarah Jones

Chapter 35: Challenging Narratives Using Art: ‘themstorytelling’, the archive and experimentation

Pablo Martinez Zaraate

Chapter 36: The Evolving Art of Teaching Literary Journalism in the Digital Age

Jaron Murphy

 

Section V: Re-imagining journalism pedagogy and practice

Chapter 37: From where I stand: What should journalism education look like in the C21st?

Fergal Keane

Chapter 38: Inside the J-School : Designing journalism education programmes for a changing world

Dr Margaret Hughes

Chapter 39: Outside the J-School: entrepreneurial journalism as a mindset

Jo Royle

Chapter 40: Newsrooms under AI Applications, Teaching Journalism Ethics and Regulations for the Future Functions and Roles

Manuel Chavez and Liz Nass

Chapter 41: Strategies for developing heutagogic approaches within journalism education

Katherine C. Blair

Chapter 42: Engaging Journalism Students in Futures Literacy

Bobbie Foster

Chapter 43: Teaching cross-border collaborative journalism: a method and a mindset

The challenge of teaching a remote journalism practice in one classroom: Pioneering educations and a suggestion to consider four levels of intensity

Brigitte Alfter and Ulla Sätereie

Chapter 44: Decolonising Journalism through Global Indigenous: Frameworks of Educational Sovereignty

Alvin Ntibinyane

 

Index

 

Biography

Karen Fowler-Watt is Professor of Journalism and Global Narratives and Head of the Journalism Department at City St. George’s, University of London, UK. A Fellow of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change, Karen’s research and publications focus on building resilience in journalists, storytelling with/for marginalised voices, and re-imagining journalism practice and pedagogy.