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Impacting
Russian Journalism
The
Missouri School of Journalism announces partnership with Russia’s
largest school of journalism
Faculty from the world’s first school of journalism and
the world’s largest school of journalism have announced
plans to collaborate on a project to strengthen journalism education
in Russia and the United States.
The partnership of the Missouri
School of Journalism and Moscow
State University, popularly known as MGU, its initials in
Russian, will concentrate on new curricula and laboratory media
for MGU and enhanced education for Missouri.
Missouri journalism faculty have worked for more than a decade
in Eastern Europe, but this project has more potential for impact
on the future of journalism in that region than any other, according
to Dean Mills, dean at Missouri.
“The size and scope of the project – and the fact
that we are doing it with Russia’s most prestigious university
– mean that we can have long-lasting impact on the future
of independent journalism in Russia,” said Mills. “And
Missouri students and faculty will be given unique opportunities
to learn about democratic journalism in a non-U.S. setting.”
The first phase of the program began in January 2003 and will
last three years. To plan for reforms for the MGU curriculum,
scholars from Missouri and MGU will participate in summer institutes
at each campus. Faculty and staff will work on translation of
journalism texts into Russian, set up new laboratory media, create
Internet programs for communication between the two schools and
develop fund-raising strategies for MGU.
Both Missouri and MGU are widely regarded as premiere journalism
schools. They are part of major public universities, offer a full
range of journalism degrees and emphasize research as well as
professional training. Missouri has formal collaborative relationships
with more than a dozen educational programs in nine countries
and informal relationships with more than a dozen others. The
MGU journalism school enrolls more than 3,000 students and 100
faculty.
The partnership is funded through the U.S.
Department of State, Cultural and Educational Affairs.
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