Formação de jornalistas e ensino universitário: perspectivas de docentes de jornalismo sobre a implantação das novas DCNs

Abstract

This article aims to present the reflections about the changes provided by the new National Curriculum Guidelines (DCNs) implemented in 2013 in the Journalism undergraduation degree. This study provides a brief history on higher education in Journalism undergraduation degree in Brazil and a systematization of the minimum curricula and the curricular guidelines of the major in journalism. The investigation is a qualitative research, of empirical nature, and was conducted through interviews with representatives of three higher education institutions, which offer in Journalism undergraduation degree in Goiânia (GO), and documentary analysis. The results show that professors generally evaluate the new DCNs positively, but differ their opinions regarding the compulsory internship and the accomplishment of the individual Final Term Paper, aspects emphasized by them as controversial in the new DCNs for the major in Journalism.