Media managers in East Africa have asked journalism training institutions in the region to consider changing the curriculum from one which focuses on theories to a skill-based approach.
They noted that making the curriculum skill-based was the only way journalism training institutions would be able to produce graduates with the skills required on the job market.
Speaking during the 4th annual conference of the East African Communication Association (EACA), the media managers observed that many fresh journalism graduates joining media houses straight from the universities go when they are half-baked.
The media managers and scholars blamed the poor media content that is failing to spur social change and influence policy making on the continent partly on impractical journalism graduates.
They concurred that the problem of half-baked journalism graduates is serious and agreed to work together to address it.
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