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Is journalism a profession? What arguments and evidence would you put forth to support or deny any claim that journalism has to being a profession?
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MA in Mass Communications Option 1 Is journalism a profession? What arguments and evidence would you put forth to support or deny any claim that journalism has to being a profession? Journalists play an intrinsic part of the media landscape, which in turn reflects and influences society. However, as a profession it is different to comparable occupations. Accountants, lawyers, teachers and doctors are expected to undergo unique, specific and vigorous training processes. The very nature of their occupations requires high levels of knowledge and skills, which their respective professional bodies ensure through high standards of entry qualifications and rigorous training and examinations attainments. Professional codes of practice regulate behaviour and determine continued membership, which has maintained high standards of professional integrity and historically given these groups a privileged position in the hierarchy of professions. Journalism has traditionally been viewed as a more vocational career. As such, until recently, there have been fewer opportunities...
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