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Journalism in countries with State control is often subject to political, economic and other pressures. This chapter addresses the case of Slovenia and the development of journalism between the 1990s and the present. During this period, the Slovenian media transformed from State-owned to public broadcasting and commercial media. The main challenges were posed by previous media owners with privatisation and struggle for control over media ownership. The media landscape also needed new legislation. The journalists were eager to work in independent media without State pressures, such as censorship or influence over editorial staff. Journalism education supported the social and political changes by transforming the Journalism study programme as journalists often emphasised the importance and lack of practical experience among young journalists. Universities responded by implementing new practical courses and founding new study programmes for training multi-skilled professionals. Media professionals endorsed these changes in the media landscape and journalism education as positive. Still, they recommend further legislation improvements to follow the media dynamics. They also acknowledge certain pressures and obstacles still present in the 2020s, such as political attempts to influence reporting. Lastly, journalism education should follow industry demands and be regularly revised.
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The term “responsible journalism” describes professional journalism in which journalists strive to go beyond the professional standards to follow their responsibility of providing information in public interest.
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Targeted education (sl. usmerjeno izobraževanje) was a reform of the educational system during the 1980s that was aimed at primary and secondary schools and universities. The curriculums were changed from general to more specialised and more similar to vocational education.
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Spatial sociology, also called sociology of space examines social functioning in space and impact of geography on society.
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News Reporting Stylistics course is aimed at obtaining practical experience with journalistic genres and language stylistics.
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Držanič, I.L., Fišer, S.Ž. (2022). The Gap Between the News Media Industry and Academia in Slovenia. In: Garrisi, D., Kuang, X. (eds) Journalism Pedagogy in Transitional Countries. Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13749-5_4
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