I recorded this at the Society of Editors conference in November, so forgive my tardiness. This is Donald Martin, a representative of UK training organisation NCTJ talking about the results of a survey they and partners PTC, BJTC and Skillset conducted into employer and university perceptions of skills needed by journalists:
Gap between what news recruiters get and what they want from Paul Bradshaw on Vimeo.
More about the panel this was part of on the Society of Editors website.
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Here the gap would be between what employers want and the little they will pay. They used to all want business degrees instead of journo qualifications.
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