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journalism school is a
school or department, usually part of an established
university, where
journalists are trained. An increasingly used term for a journalism department, school or college is 'J-School'. Many of the most famous and respected
journalists of the past and present had no formal training in
journalism, but learned their craft on the job, often starting out as
copy boys/
copy girls. Today, in many parts of the world it is usual for journalists to first complete
university-level training which incorporates both technical skills such as research skills, interviewing technique and
shorthand and academic studies in
media theory,
cultural studies and
ethics.