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Perceived challenges among campus press at the height of the pandemic

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Title: Perceived challenges among campus press at the height of the pandemic
Authors: Rowanne Marie Mangompit, Junas Flores, Cristie Ann Jaca
Source: Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 71-84 (2023)
Subject Terms: campus journalism, challenges, initiatives, training programs, Sociology (General), HM401-1281
Publisher Information: HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Sociology (General)
Description: The Covid-19 pandemic has created various challenges that allowed academic stakeholders to reflect on the concerns encountered by school administrators, teachers, and students. Many studies focused on the challenges of professional journalists. However, only a few studies on student journalists were explored. In this regard, this study aimed to describe and analyze the challenges of student journalists at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. A qualitative research design was used in this research. Grounded in this study were the student journalists’ personal experiences and narration of their expressed challenges as writers of the Nation Builder, the official student publication of a state university. Thematic analysis using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) Model was used to analyze the qualitative data gathered. Findings show that there were five identified themes such as health-related issues, ICT-related issues, connectivity-related issues, adaptability-related issues, and journalism-related issues. There are action plans that need to be implemented to sustain the interest of student journalists to write newsworthy articles. Training programs and capacity-building activities could be organized to boost the confidence of the students in coping with the pandemic.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2734-9357
2734-9624
Relation: https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-en/article/view/2601; https://doaj.org/toc/2734-9357; https://doaj.org/toc/2734-9624
DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.14.1.2601.2024
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/a1c2ce6b2a544b60af1fc0596282501b
Accession Number: edsdoj.1c2ce6b2a544b60af1fc0596282501b
ISSN: 2734935727349624
DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.14.1.2601.2024
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals