Journalism education in South East Europe - Media Programme Southeast Europe
Event Reports
The panel discussion was opened by Prof. Dr. Miroljub Radojković of Belgrade University and Christian Spahr, Head of KAS Media Program South East Europe.
"In the last 25 years not only political, but also technological revolutions took place. Mobile phones and the Internet conquered the world faster than any new technology before. Now, especially the young and urban generations consider the Internet to be a more important source of information than traditional media," Christian Spahr said. Also the relation between theory and practice in journalism education has to be adjusted time and again, according to the expert. He emphasised that this process is especially challenging in young democracies like Serbia and its neighbouring countries. "The developments in the political culture and education of media representatives cannot be seen separated. Models of journalism education also have to take into account the relation between politics and media, different professional role models of politicians and journalists, but also common ethical standards."
The panel discussion took place in the context of an expert seminar of a working group of academics and NGO representatives, which was founded in May 2013 on KAS Media Program South East Europe initiative. In the course of the panel discussion, the findings of the working group were presented. Moreover, Dr. Liana Ionescu of the University of Bucharest, Prof. Dr. Miroljub Radojković of Belgrade University und Dr. Orlin Spassov of Sofia University entered into a discussion with the Belgrade audience, mainly students of journalism.
The keynote of Christian Spahr is available here.
