An education for independence: Should entrepreneurial skills be an essential part of the journalist's toolbox?

Journalism Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-113

  Baines, David ^a   Kennedy, Ciara ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Enterprise; Entrepreneurial; Freelance; Journalism; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952865432     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780903391912     Document Type: Article

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