Technical school for journalism of the Association of Journalists of the GDR
The technical school for journalism of the Association of Journalists of the GDR in Leipzig was a training facility for journalists in the GDR . The technical school was officially recognized in 1965 under the designation Technical School for Journalism of the German Democratic Republic and subordinated to the Association of Journalists of the GDR. The college for journalism was closed after the end of the GDR in 1990.
The admission requirement for studying at the technical college was a one-year traineeship in a press, radio or television editorial office. The subsequent study lasted three years, with "socialist society theory" and the basics of journalism in the foreground. Studying at the technical college for journalism was the only official way to become a journalist in the GDR , along with a degree in the journalism section at the Karl Marx University of Leipzig, which is also based in Leipzig but has a more academic focus . Theoretical training at the technical college for journalism was mainly carried out by lecturers from the journalism section. In addition to face-to-face studies, the college also offered a distance learning course and advanced training courses. People's correspondents in particular took up these offers .
Among the graduates of the college are CDU politician Herbert Goliasch and the editor-in-chief of the Leipziger Volkszeitung Jan Emendörfer .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Heinz Pürer, Johannes Raabe: Press in Germany . UVK, Konstanz 2007, ISBN 3825283348 , pp. 179-180.