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A census of Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC)–accredited journalism programs reveals that less than a quarter require students to learn code. Despite industry desires for journalists with coding skills, nearly 40% of the units offer no coding classes. Among programs that require code, most rely on a course or courses taught by full-time faculty in the accredited unit. About one third of units that do not require code currently have plans to add it in the future.

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Pushing Boundaries: How Coding Is (and Isn’t) Taught in Accredited Journalism Programs

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