Journalism education is a young discipline and is torn between science, social science and humanities. It is an interdisciplinary subject that has integrated skills and theory in equal measure. The journalism education is under tremendous pressure to improvise in order to cater to the needs of new and emerging media. Over the years the path of journalism education in US has been navigated by the committees / task forces /commissions appointed to examine the challenges posed by the social, economic and technological changes. Journalism education has changed its approach and focus by responding to the challenges of the society. J-Schools in US have retooled courses according to the needs of industrial society by ‘Trade school approach’ with an industry model to cater to the demands of media. This study reviews the research initiatives evaluating the role of convergence in retooling journalism education. Most of the schools in US have initiated retooling the curriculum to integrate convergence element in education points out the studies.
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