The importance of the School of Journalism of the Catholic Church in the system of the reform in Francoist Spain
The importance of the School of Journalism of the Catholic Church in the system of the reform in Francoist Spain

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the issues of educating journalists during the Franco regimein Spain and the place occupied by the School of Journalism of the Catholic Churchin this system. The first years of dictatorship were characterized by a strong subordinationof education and occupation to the current interests of the state, which regulatedaccess to the profession and education only within the framework of the State Schoolof Journalism. In the second half of the 50’s there was a gradual liberalization of the system,consisting in the gradual admission of other entities to the organization of vocationaleducation of journalists, especially the Catholic Church. This allowed for the launchin 1960 of the School of Journalism of the Catholic Church, the functioning of whichwas the first manifestation of the regime’s gradual withdrawal from state supervisionover the process of educating journalists. The Catholic Church School referred to thepre-war, excellent traditions of the journalism school organized by the Catholic dailyEl Debate, becoming a kind of counterweight to the regime’s State School of Journalism.The competition between schools (although still slight at that time) contributed to an increasein the quality of education. The emphasis on the completion of general educationor the design of curricula taking into account the development of information technologymade it possible to equip students with competences required in the labour market,which previously could only be obtained to a greater or lesser extent in practice.

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