Journalism Education ISSN: 2050-3903 Journalism Education The Journal of the Association for Journalism Education Volume three, Number one April 2014 Page 2 Journalism Education Volume 3 number 1 Journalism Education Journalism Education is the journal of the Association for Journalism Education, a body representing educators in HE in the UK and Ireland. The aim of the journal is to promote and develop analysis and under- standing of journalism education and of journalism, particularly when that is related to journalism education. Editors Mick Temple, Staffordshire University Chris Frost, Liverpool John Moores University Jenny McKay Sunderland University Stuart Allan, Cardiff University Reviews editor: Tor Clark, de Montfort University You can contact the editors at [email protected] Editorial Board Chris Atton, Napier University Olga Guedes Bailey, Nottingham Trent University David Baines, Newcastle University Guy Berger, Rhodes University Jane Chapman, University of Lincoln Martin Conboy, Sheffield University Ros Coward, Roehampton University Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University Susie Eisenhuth, University of Technology, Sydney Ivor Gaber, Bedfordshire University Roy Greenslade, City University Mark Hanna, Sheffield University Michael Higgins, Strathclyde University John Horgan, Irish press ombudsman. Sammye Johnson, Trinity University, San Antonio, USA Richard Keeble, University of Lincoln Mohammed el-Nawawy, Queens University of Charlotte An Duc Nguyen, Bournemouth University Sarah Niblock, Brunel University Bill Reynolds, Ryerson University, Canada Ian Richards, University of South Australia Verica Rupar, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Prasun Sonwalkar, Hindustan Times Linda Steiner, University of Maryland, USA Kate Wright, Roehampton University Sonja Merljak Zdovc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia You can contact the editors at [email protected] Editorial Volume 3 number 1 Journalism Education page 3 Volume 3; number 1: Contents Contributors 4 Articles Female politicians in the British press: The exception to the ‘masculine’ norm? by Deirdre O’Neill, Leeds Trinity University and Heather Savigny, Bournemouth University 6 Workplace not workshop: student reflections on the introduction of a work- based approach to the final yearby Kate Heathman and John Mathews, Liverpool John Moores University 28 Someone to look up to: lessons to be learned from the reflections of female journalists on the value of role models and mentors for career development by Amanda Geary, University of the West of Scotland 46 Can universities make good journalists? by Richard Evans, London Metropolitan University 66 Tracking Onslow - Taking journalism out of the classroom and the newsroom by Kayt Davies, Edith Cowan University 88 From traditional gatekeeper to professional verifier: How local newspaper journalists are adapting to change by Lily Canter, Sheffield Hallam University 102 Everybody or somebody: Assessing the impact of social media on newsroom organisational structures by Clare Cook, University of Central Lancashire 120 Reviews 138 Classic from the bookshelf: the Simple Subs Book by Leslie Sellers, reviewed by Kevin Duffy OnLine Journalism: The Essential Guide, by Steve Hill and Paul Lashmar reviewed by Glyn Môn Hughes When Reporters Cross the Line: The heroes, the villains, the hackers and the spies by Stewart Purvis and Jeff Hulbert reviewed by John Mair BBC in Crisis? edited by John Mair, Richard Tait and Richard Keeble reviewed by Gary Hudson Editorial Page 4 Journalism Education Volume 3 number 1 Contributors Lily Canter Dr Lily Canter is a lecturer in journalism and BA Journalism course leader at Sheffield Hallam University. She previously worked in regional newspapers for a decade and has worked as a freelance journalist for print and online publications. She is also an NCTJ examiner. Her research interests are regional newspapers, digital journalism, hyperlocal journalism and social media. Clare Cook Clare Cook is senior lecturer in print and online journalism at the University of Central Lancashire. She is a member of the Higher Education Academy. She is an award-winning journalist having worked with Newsquest and was a Press Gazette nominee on an exclu- sive French murder investigation. She has worked for ten years on various national and regional print newspapers and magazines. She worked as chief celebrity sub editor for new! magazine before moving into academia. Kayt Davis Dr Kayt Davies is a senior lecturer in journalism at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. Trained in journalism via cadetship, she has an honours degree in psy- chology and her PhD was an ethnographic study of editors. She worked in general news, business and magazine journalism in Perth, and in London in the 1980s she worked for an international news agency. Her research interests include using journalism as a research methodology and International Humanitarian Law. Richard Evans Former BBC Radio Five Live, Newsbeat and Radio Four presenter Richard Evans teach- es journalism at London Metropolitan University and City University. He’s reported at home and abroad for BBC radio and TV programmes and has recently completed an MA Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Amanda Geary Pate Amanda Geary Pate is lecturer in journalism at the University of the West of Scotland, where she is Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) in Journalism. She is currently Exter- nal Examiner for the MA Journalism programme at Kingston University, London. Prior to working in journalism education, Amanda worked in local, regional and national news- papers after graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism in 1994. Kate Heathman Kate Heathman is a senior lecturer in the journalism department at Liverpool John Moores University. She began her career in newspapers in Manchester, later moving to Chester Tonight and then the Liverpool Daily Post, where she was a sub-editor and col- umnist. As a freelance she has worked for the Daily Mail and business publications and she is also a media consultant and media trainer. Contributors Volume 3 number 1 Journalism Education page 5 John Mathews John Mathews is a senior lecturer in journalism at Liverpool John Moores University. He began his journalism career in 1988, at the Windsor, Slough & Eton Express newspaper, before joining the BBC six years later. After starting as a broadcast journalist, he later became the Ceefax Sports Editor then moved into web publishing as one of the founding editors of the BBC Sport website. He left the BBC after 11 years and turned freelance, with football’s governing bodies - FIFA and UEFA - among his clients as he worked at tournaments around the world. John returned to his home city in 2006 when he began lecturing at Liverpool John Moores University and he was the founder of the JMU Jour- nalism website in 2009. Deirdre O’Neill Deirdre O’Neill is associate principal lecturer in journalism at Leeds Trinity University. Prior to working in higher education she was a magazine journalist and press officer. She has published in the area of news values, news sources and press coverage of trade unions. Heather Savigny Heather Savigny is senior lecturer in politics at the Media School, Bournemouth Univer- sity. She is co-editor of European Political Science; Associate editor of British Politics and publishes in the areas of media and politics. Contributors Page 6 Journalism Education Volume 3 number 1 Articles All papers in the Articles section are peer reviewed and discuss the latest research in journalism and journalism education. These are intended to inform, educate and spark debate and discussion. Please join in this debate by going to www.journalism-education.org to have your say and find out what others think. Female politicians in the British press: The exception to the ‘masculine’ norm? Deirdre O’Neill Leeds Trinity University and Heather Savigny, Bournemouth University 1 As educators of journalists we are concerned with some of the most fundamental questions about the relationship between the media and democracy, and this we argue, is gendered. Through content analysis and interviews we look at the ways in which women MPs are represented in the British Press. We show that the way in which they are reported (or ignored) positions them as different from the ‘male norm’ and this in turn has consequences for 1 We would like to thank the AJE for their generosity in funding this project and would like to thank Tori Cann for her work in data gathering. Thanks are also due to the anonymous referees for their helpful comments. Articles Volume 3 number 1 Journalism Education page 7 the ways in which democratic politics is written about by journalists and experienced by female MPs. A press rep- resentation of women that sometimes serves to suggest politics is a ‘man’s game’, where women are regarded as the aberrant, exception to the rule, can alienate women representatives and likely future candidates. This in turn may have negative consequences for the democratic process, whereby women voters feel unrepresented in Parliament and turn away from political engagement. Introduction Is ‘Blair’s Babes’ a good headline? That headline (coined by The Sun in 1997) has given us pause to reflect on the kind of media coverage we want our students to produce. This headline invokes and reinforces the standard tropes about the ways in which women are re-presented in the media: women are objectified and adjuncts of men, rather than