Osnivanje, djelovanje i prekid rada Novinarske škole u Zagrebu 1949. - 1952.
ESTABLISHMENT, ACTIVITIES AND SHUTDOWN OF THE JOURNALISM SCHOL IN ZAGREB (1949 - 1952)

Summary/Abstract: After the Second World War, in the new circumstances marked by the establishment of the communist regime, the press had become extremely interesting to the new government as a bullion spreading the new ideology. In this context one should consider the establishment and work of a one-year School of Journalism and a two-year High School of Journalism, which were being active from the late 1940s to the beginning of 1950s. It is clear that the foundation of these institutions, beside the progress in training of journalists, also meant the direct influence of the Communist Party and the new government in shaping of journalistic profession. Because of the need for ideologically „correct“ journalistic staff, towards the end of the 1940s the Party circles had closely articulated ideas on establishing a special institution for journalistic training. At the federal level, the College of Journalism and Diplomacy in the rank of faculty was founded in 1948, and in Croatia, in 1949 a one-year School of Journalism started working. Its work had proved unsuccessful due to improper selection of participants, who were selected solely by political affiliation, often without proper education. Authorities drew their conclusions from this negative experience, and so from the academic year 1950/1951. they established a two-year High School of Journalism and made more careful selections of the candidates. The school was burdened with numerous difficulties and disadvantages, and education was strongly ideologized. However, there was a lot of enthusiasm among teachers and students who began to issue a school paper A young journalist. Nevertheless, the High School of Journalism did not last too long and after two years had stopped working, in the circumstances that had not been entirely cleared.

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