António Granado: Written, radio and TV journalism must be taught together

Posted: November 30, 2007

António Granado is the author of the Portuguese-language blog, Ponto Media. He is also the online editor of Portugal’s Público. Granado announced that as of yesterday, people can, with certain limitations, personalize the appearance of the Web site.

Granado recently sat down with Alex Gamela to talk about the state of online journalism in Portugal and Público‘s place in the forefront of this endeavor. It is an interesting read. It can be read in English on Paul Bradshaw’s blog.

The most interesting idea presented by Granado:

It is clear that most universities aren’t preparing the students for the new realities. For example, there’s still a separation between the teaching of written, radio and TV journalism, which is an outdated 20th century concept.

This is a problem at my school, the University of Florida. At school, as a journalism major concentrating on new media, I am not allowed to use the resources provided to the students studying telecommunications, even though we are in the same college. That includes radio and TV equipment like microphones, video cameras, editing software, high-powered computers, etc. I am also not allowed to take high-level audio and video editing classes.

What is an aspiring new media journalist to do? Is this setting the right example for convergence?

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