Vocational journalism education in New Zealand is facing the twin challenges of declining student numbers and increasing industry expectations that graduates should have strong multimedia skills. The main reason for both is the digital revolution, which has created a public perception that there are no longer jobs for new journalists and increased demand from industry for recruits proficient in convergent journalism. Some journalism schools, unable to meet these challenges, have closed. This article considers what the remaining schools are doing to meet the challenges. The article also reports the results of a survey of graduates of the oldest continuously operating journalism school in the country. The results reveal how the nature of journalism education in New Zealand has changed over the past 50 years, the experience of the graduates since leaving the school and the advice they offer today’s aspiring journalists.

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新西兰的新闻学教育：其历史，当前的挑战和可能的未来

新西兰的职业新闻教育面临着双重挑战，即学生人数减少和业界对毕业生应该具备强大的多媒体技能的期望越来越高。两者的主要原因是数字革命，它引起了公众的认识，即不再有新记者的工作，行业对精通聚合新闻的新兵的需求也在增加。一些无法应对这些挑战的新闻学校已经关闭。本文考虑了其余学校为应对挑战所做的工作。文章还报告了对该国历史最悠久的连续运营新闻学院毕业生的调查结果。结果表明，过去50年来，新西兰新闻业的教育性质发生了怎样的变化，