Little Common Ground for Magazine Editors and Professors Surveyed on Journalism Curriculum

Abstract

This study was designed to fill a gap in the literature by analyzing the attitudes of magazine editors and educators toward various skills that job applicants should exhibit. The survey results detail significant differences between the editors and educators on eighteen of twenty-three skills. Open-ended questions also indicated that editors appeared to value nonskills such as cheerfulness, while overlooking a favorite of educators—clips.