More practical journalism

On this occasion I want to comment on the most important shortcomings of the curriculum of my career. In the Universidad de Chile, the curriculum of Journalism currently has many problems, in different areas. Although the curriculum was reformed two years ago, it has not been possible to give a complete solution to these failures.

Specifically, I value that there are branches related to the theory of communication, since it forms as critical and integral professionals. However, many times these subjects have academic charges even higher than our specialized branches (right mind of journalism). What usually produces the demotivation of students.

For example, many times we spend more time doing extensive essays or reading hundreds of pages of academic texts than developing journalistic products. Our career should be more practical and we should have more time to dedicate ourselves to reporting or research in the field.

Also, I think there should be a mandatory course on journalism with a gender focus. This subject should not only be an elective, since all students should receive training in this subject.

At the infrastructure level, ICEI lacks spreading and meeting places for the university community. This is a historical necessity of the faculty and must be resolved soon.

In the institute there are no suitable areas of study, beyond a noisy library. This often causes the ICEI to be only a place of passage and that it is not possible to build an organization among the members of the community.

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