What news employers want and what they get – research on the journalism skills gap
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.
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.