Journalism education in britain: Who are the students and what do they want?

Journalism Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 404-420

  Hanna, Mark ^a   Sanders, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Investigative; Journalism; Motivations; Public service

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649734489     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780701505093     Document Type: Article

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