Integrating industry collaboration into the journalism curriculum

This paper discusses ways in which collaboration between students and external industry bodies can be integrated into the undergraduate journalism curriculum. The paper is based on a case study of the Collaborative Project unit which has been taught in the second year of the BA (Hons) Journalism course at London College of Communication (LCC, University of the Arts London) since 2012. In recent years, the unit has worked with a number of external partners including BBC News Labs, Rough Guides and a number of smaller start-ups as a way of introducing students to the diversity of different workplaces which have come about as a result of the development of digital media technologies, and asks them to critically reflect on issues of collaboration and teamwork in a professional scenario.

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