Talk given at the World Journalism Education Congress for the Media and Empowerment Panel on Public Journalism

1. Media and empowerment in
journalism education
Panel discussion
World Journalism Education
Conference, Belgium, 2013

2. Democracy is in transition.

3. Media are in transition,
from mass to networks.

4. Public journalism is a useful
conceptual bridge in guiding
journalists through these
transitions.

5. What does this mean for us as
journalism educators?

6. We need to change how we define
journalism to our students.

7. We need to develop
resources, training and partnerships
for learning more sophisticated and
effective engagement.

8. We need to organize our curriculum to
incorporate more social and
participatory forms of journalism.

9. Finally, we have an opportunity
to serve students from across
the university in teaching
journalistic skills as a form of
democratic participation