J-school

English

Etymology

The initial letter of journalism plus school. Compare B-school.

Noun

J-school (plural J-schools)

  1. (informal) A school or a division within a college or university teaching topics related to the practice of journalism.
    • 2011, Gil Asakawa, “It’s Been 3 Years Since The “War Against Asians” Story Ran In CU’s Student News Site”, in HuffPost‎:
      The website itself changed it name, to the CU Independent, and changed from a class within the J-school to a student activity, making it more truly independent from the university (though it’s still funded in large part by the school).
    • 2018, Bill Grueskin, “Do we still need J-schools? Yes, more than ever”, in Columbia Journalism Review‎:
      J-schools used to see themselves largely as training grounds for the cannon fodder that would head off to local radio and TV stations and newspapers.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.