PULLMAN, Wash. Since 9/11, journalism students along the Pakistan/Afghanistan border have had an unprecedented opportunity to report for Pakistani and Western news organizations even before they graduate. Violence is just part of life, but so is communication without the technology that much of the world’s news organizations and journalism education – take for granted.
Lawrence Pintak, dean of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, recently was asked to work with faculty from university programs in the area to adapt their curricula to journalism’s digital future. Read his essay, “Journalism Education in the Pakistani Borderlands,” in the Chronicle of Higher Education here.