More Practice Demanded:
Today the problem to properly organize journalistic education at the departments of journalism of higher educational institutions of Armenia is very urgent and deserves special attention. Changes are needed both in organizing the educational process and in more intensive conduct of practical activities. This notion is supported by the students of journalism departments and the veteran journalists of the country.
“First it’s important that the time allocated for hands-on experience in educational process exceeds or at least is equal with the time assigned for theoretical knowledge. The universities have a deficit of textbooks, and the existing ones do not coincide with our reality,” says Ashot Melikyan, Head of the Committee for the Protection of Freedom of Speech. Melikyan has his own formula on organizing the young journalists’ education. According to him journalism and education model in general should be like a chain where each ring is linked with the others.