Millised ajakirjandustudengid saavad tulevikus edukaks?
Is it writing ability? Some of my students are naturally gifted writers, the types who always
did well in English classes and took a journalism course because they loved to write or were
encouraged to do so by one of their teachers.
Kadri Oviir
Ajakirjandus ja kommunikatsioon I
Writing ability helps. A student who can quickly quickly master thenewswriting format is
ahead of the game, so to speak, compared to her less-talented classmates. And while I firmly
believe that most students can learn to bang out news stories, I've had a few students who
were such awful writers that I felt journalism, at least print journalism, just wasn't for them.
But while I've had plenty of gifted writers do well in my classes and go on to news careers,
writing chops alone aren't enough. Some students who take journalism classes think writing is