With the CJC project we wanted to develop a pilot collaboration model to teach cross border collaborative journalism. The model enriches existing curricula with European and collaborative competences while at the same time fully respecting existing structures. We chose a flexible model, as it will be immediately applicable to other journalism educations without the need to adapt, integrate and nationally accredit new curricula.
Crossborder collaborative journalism is a competence that journalism educations need to provide their students with, in order to meet demand in the industry. An informed public is essential in democracies and the content of such information needs to transcend national borders. Journalism students also need to learn more about the EU and its institutions in order to be able to cover those topics. To do this we need to build partnerships and networks between journalism educations in different countries.