Survey of TV News Directors and Broadcast Journalism Educators
By
Lee B. Becker and Gerald M. Kosicki
Abstract
To obtain the opinions of news directors and broadcast journalism educators, the Jane Pauley Task Force of the Society of Professional Journalists commissioned two original surveys to be fielded in early 1996. Through a news director survey, the Task Force sought to give news directors at commercial television stations around the country the opportunity to evaluate graduates seeking entry-level jobs in their news organizations. The survey of broadcast journalism educators provided the opportunity to these key educators to comment on the quality of the students their programs produce.
This preliminary report contains the results of key questions from those surveys. It was provided to Task Force members to assist them in reaching conclusions about key issues before them.
The copyrighted full report is available here.