An Important Agreement with HaberTürk Newspaper

With a project carried out by Bahçeşehir University (BAU) and Habertürk Newspaper, a first is being achieved in Türkiye in terms of "university-press" cooperation.

Through the cooperation between BAU and Habertürk Newspaper, the journalists of the future will be trained from the ground up, and young people studying journalism will receive the "practical" training whose absence is felt when they start their careers. In this important project, which will begin in the 2014-2015 academic year, 3rd- and 4th-year students of the BAU Faculty of Communication will work for one year as part of "elective courses" in all areas, from the editorial desk to economics, from sports to entertainment and page editing.Students' work will be evaluated by the coordinator of the department where they work.

A MODEL FOR ALL UNIVERSITIES AND NEWSPAPERS

Within the scope of the cooperation with Habertürk Newspaper, BAU faculty members will be able to teach some of their courses at Habertürk Newspaper, and newspaper staff will be able to give "branded courses" at the university. Stating that thanks to this cooperation, students will start their professional lives with more experience through the courses and professional practice in the field they wish to specialize in, Prof. Dr. Fatoş Adiloğlu, Dean of the BAU Faculty of Communication, said, "Students' performance will be evaluated by the coordinators and academics in the area where they work at the newspaper. This cooperation, which will benefit students of the New Media, Cinema and Television, Photography and Video, Communication Design and Public Relations departments, will also serve as a model for other communication faculties and media organizations."

Stating that the cooperation is a first in the history of the press, Habertürk Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Selçuk Tepeli said, "Journalism is learned not only in the classroom but through a master-apprentice relationship. Newspapers also need to benefit from universities. With this project, being tried for the first time, we want to achieve both."