Opportunities and Challenges: Professional Development Programming in Media and Communication Education

Jerry Crawford; Jan Lauren Boyles; Terri Hernandez; Chen Lou; Hong Cheng; David Perlmutter

doi:10.1177/1077695820926835

Opportunities and Challenges: Professional Development Programming in Media and Communication Education

Jerry Crawford, Jan Lauren Boyles, Terri Hernandez, Chen Lou, Hong Cheng, David Perlmutter

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The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) leadership charged a 13-member Presidential Task Force on Careers to obtain membership’s thoughts on preferences and needs regarding career-assistance programming and activities. This Spring 2019 report details a survey of the interest of educators, of all ranks, in current AEJMC efforts and the need for more targeted and accessible opportunities, both at annual conferences and online modules. Results included members’ thoughts on professional development, burnout, tenure and posttenure processes, academic culture, and the importance of being forward thinking regarding news and strategic communications industries outside of academia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	436-452
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
Volume	75
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695820926835
State	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

employment
faculty
journalism
journalism and mass communication education
journalism and mass communication programs
media
mixed methods
networking
peer tutoring
professional skills

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