The way journalists are educated in a given country is determined by several factors: the role and function a society ascribes to its journalists, the structures in the field of journalism, and the special features of the media system. These factors provide considerable variance in the systems of Journalism education, even in the so-called Western democracies. However, there may be some general trends leading to an assimilation of journalism training in the different countries, at least in Western Europe, where the close economic and political cooperation of the member states of the European Union might also cause and forster a further concurrance of the ideas about the role of journalists in society and how they should be educated. This book takes stock of the different ways that lead into journalism in Europe and in North America at a moment when much change is taking place in the media systems and in journalism education and thus lays the ground for further analyses and comparisons of the way journalists are trained and how this is intertwined with the expectations that are brought forward to journalism and the role of journalists in society.

Table of Contents:
Preface, Romy Frolich and Christina Holtz-Bacha. Introduction, Lee Becker. ACADEMIC TRADITION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITIES. Finland's History in a Nutshell, Matti Salokangas. The Spanish Case: A Recent Academic Tradition, Aires Vaz and Carios Barrere. Journalism Education in the United States, David H. Weaver. Journalism Education in Canada, Peter Johansen and Christopher Dornan. NON-ACADEMIC TRADITION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION AT JOURNALISM SCHOOLS. Between Literary Roots and Partisanship: Journalism Education in Italy, Paolo Mancini. The Development of Journalism in the Netherlands: A Century Long Duel Pitting Beleaguered "Rejectionists" Against Pro Education Components, Gabriella Superimposed Metaphors in the News. Why We Should Distrust Computers: METAPHOR IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. Is Life a Game? Notes on a Master Metaphor. Hardball and Softball as Metaphors. From the Road to the Fast Track: American Metaphors of Life. The Fast Food Franchise as a Metaphor McMetaphors. Confessions of a Metaphoraholic. The Generation X and Boomers Metaphors. The '90s-An Empty Metaphor Walting to be Filled. The Metaphors of the Market. METAPHORS IN EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE. Economic Metaphors in Education. STRUCTURE-The Intellectuals Metaphor. The Projection Metaphor in Psychology. The Jigsaw Puzzle as a Metaphor for Knowledge. LANGUAGE DESCRIBING ITSELF Our Inflationary Language. Stalking the Wild Metaphor. Is Language a Game? Metaphors by the Seashore. Author Index. Subject Index.