ABSTRACT This study scrutinizes perceptions of Ethiopian journalists towards the application of journalism knowledge and skills into practice. Through individual interviews and focus group discussions with journalists who work in both the private and state broadcast media, the study discloses the mismatch between the essence of journalism education and media practice in Ethiopia. Although journalism education plays a role in terms of the advancement of journalists’ theoretical knowledge, the respondents hardly believe that their practices live up to the principles of the profession. Accordingly, two views stand out. One is a tendency to believe that journalism education is unable to supply the input needed to support the local practices owing to the disposition of the curriculum to “Western” journalism values. The other is the attribution of the assumed disconnection between academic knowledge and journalism practice in Ethiopia to structural factors, such as unfavourable political conditions and excessive organizational interests.

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理论与实践不匹配？埃塞俄比亚新闻工作者对在专业新闻制作中应用新闻学教育的看法

摘要这项研究详细审查了埃塞俄比亚新闻工作者对将新闻知识和技能应用于实践的看法。通过与在私营和国有广播媒体工作的记者进行的个人访谈和焦点小组讨论，该研究揭示了埃塞俄比亚新闻教育的本质与媒体实践之间的不匹配。尽管新闻学教育在提高记者的理论知识方面发挥着作用，但受访者几乎认为他们的实践不符合该专业的原则。因此，有两种观点引人注目。一种趋势是，由于将课程设置为“西方”新闻价值观，新闻教育无法提供支持当地实践所需的投入。