• Contents

• 1 History

• 2 Top journalism schools

  • 2.1 Africa

  • 2.2 Australia and New Zealand

  • 2.3 Europe

  • 2.4 North America

  • 2.5 South America

    • 2.5.1 Journalism schools in Colombia

    • 2.5.2 Journalism schools in Chile

• 3 Debate about the role of journalism schools

• 4 List of journalism schools and programs

• 5 See also

• 6 References

• 7 External links

• History

The first program for journalism education was introduced by former Confederate General,Robert E. Lee,[1]during his presidency atWashington and Lee University, inLexington, Virginia, in the 1860s.[2]Both theMissouri School of Journalismat theUniversity of Missourifounded byWalter Williamsin 1908[3]and theEcole Superieure de JournalismeinParis, Francefounded in 1899[4]claim to be the worlds first journalism school. Although Paris's school opened its doors in 1899 after three years of internal debates, the question was discussed in Missouri since 1895. Since then the journalism school has become standard at most major universities.[citation needed]

• Top journalism schools

There have been various attempts to rank journalism schools, and the question of which are the "best" or "top" journalism schools is frequently raised on the internet by students. Many institutions claim to be leading schools of journalism, and there is inevitably debate about which are the most appropriate criteria with which to evaluate and judge journalism schools. Awards are obvious indicators of a quality J-school, as are the quality of school graduates.

• Africa

In 2007 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named what it terms the Potential Centres of Excellence in Journalism Training in Africa. After thorough research there were twelve journalism and media training institutions named on the list and they were not placed in any order.

These twelve UNESCO Potential Centres of Excellence in Journalism Training in Africa are the Department of Journalism at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria in South Africa (TUT), Mass Communication Department at Makerere University in Uganda, School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South Africa, Department of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos in Nigeria, School of Communication, Legal and Secretarial Studies at the Namibia Polytechnic, Mozambican School of Journalism in Mozambique, Centre d'études des sciences et techniques de l'information in Senegal, The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, Department of Journalism at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, Institut Supérieur de l'Information et de la Communication in Morocco, School of Communication Studies at Walter Sisulu University in South Africa and Ecole Supérieure de Sciences et Techniques de l'Information et de la Communication in Cameroon.

UNESC0's list is not exhaustive, and new schools have been founded since the study was conducted.

With the rise of Internet and social media in the past five years there has been increasing demand for journalism schools offering specialized training in the kinds of modern challenges journalists face in the rapidly changing online-media landscape. E-jicom Graduate School of Journalism and Communication in Dakar, Senegal is one such institution, offering specialized training combining stringent media ethics with the modern technological demands of online media.