SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES IN BUILDING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICAL COMPETENCES OF JOURNALISM STUDENTS- A REVIEW

Practical training for Journalism students in the specialization of Journalism, field of Communication Sciences, is considered an essential component of the curriculum in the educational process, but above all a sustainable priority in their approach from the theory assimilated in school to the professional practice carried out in local media institutions. We will focus, therefore, on the importance of sustainability in students' practical training, with thorough involvement of their coordinating professors. The internship program comprises various stages during which Journalism students are required to have impeccable conduct, too. The COVID-19 pandemic brought many changes in the educational process and forced professors in the dramatic situation of rethinking their role and their function, as well as of re-evaluating their working strategies, methods and pedagogical instruments in unpredictable conditions. The professors in charge with the internship programs for masters and undergraduate students had to carefully navigate what was possible in such unforeseen and unfavorable circumstances. We propose a perspective on how we should view the relevance of the internship, so important in the professional training.