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Comunicar Journal 20: Guidance and Mass Media (Vol. 10 - 2003)

School magazine as resource to learn journalism

Abstract

The XXth and XXIth centuries have been defined as the social communication age. However, Spanish primary and secondary education don't pay much attention to journalism as a subject and there is a lack of resources and teachers. As it can´t become a compulsory subject because we would have to change the syllabus in the whole country, we approach the contents from a school magazine, elaborated by students. This way, we would improve the students´ writing and reading skills. We could also increase their interest in news and mass media. We put forward an example of all the aspects we think such a magazine should include.