What do future journalists know?
"Aram Abrahamyan, Nver Mnatsakanyan, Artak Alexanyan and Anna Israelyan"-these are the names that future journalist, Samvel wrote on the list of journalists he knows. He and 38 other applicants, who have been given a second chance for university admission, were trying to pass the last exam today. For most of the applicants, this exam is more in their favor because by the selection commission's decision, instead of a foreign language exam, this year applicants took an exam on a new subject called Culture of Oral Communication.
The applicants were simply required to be aware of the events taking place in the sphere. Samvel scored the minimum 8 points. Though he knew Anna Israelyan, he didn't know that she wasn't a sport journalist.
Dean of the YSU Faculty of Journalism, exam commission president Vagharsh Martirosyan said the introduction of the subject "Culture of Oral Communication" wasn't by chance. "Just like acting mastery is mandatory at the Institute of Cinema and Theater or painting skill is at the Art Academy, an applicant should present his or her capabilities at the Faculty of Journalism as well."
According to Martirosyan, a person applying to study at the Journalism Faculty should not only prove that he is literate and knows how to compose his thoughts, but should also prove that he is able to speak literately and show how aware he is of the sphere in which he will perform.
Martirosyan says the level of the applicants' readiness is not very high, but it is reassuring based on the results of the creative work section. "When we were going to the creative work exame, we commission members thought that this year would perhaps be worse than last year since we are often obliged to make a choice between the poor and worse due to lack of a number of applicants. However, only three out of the 38 applicants received an unsatisfactory grade."
According to Martirosyan, this year there was quite a lot of people who applied to study at the Journalism Faculty since journalism is still one of the trendy professions.
