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Journalism Education in Black and White

A 50-Year Journey Toward Diversity

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ID7499595
AuthorsJeffrey S Wilkinson (0000-0001-9329-7787, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, USA, corresponding author), William R Davies, William R Davie (University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Angeline J Taylor (0000-0001-6679-6513, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, USA)
Year2020
Volume75
Issue4
Pages362-374
Publication date2020-11-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism & Mass Communication Educator (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-6958 • E-ISSN: 2161-4326
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077695820935324
OpenAlexW3101059719
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited48

The struggle for equality in journalism education for African Americans raises questions about how the government, news media, and educators worked together to realize the principles of civil rights. Certain milestones over the past 50 years can be charted through the collective scholarship of this journal’s pages. A careful look back reveals how goals of diversity were achieved or frustrated through reports on pedagogy, enrollment, technology, and trends in scholarship. Looking through the prism of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator ( JMCE) offers a telling explanation of how journalism education moved away from segregation, and how the complicated relationship between predominantly White institutions (PWIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) played a role in this journey

Diversity (politics · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Historically black colleges and universities · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · White (mutation · Media Studies and Communication · Race, History, and American Society · Gender Studies · Law

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Unique citing works6
Citations per year1,5
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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