Under the background of global media change, how can news industry transform and upgrade in the digital era to achieve sustainable development? On the afternoon of December 5, Dr. Amy Reynolds, dean of the College of Communication and Information of Kent State University, USA, took the reform of the journalism in the United States as an example. He gave a lecture on the reform of journalism in the digital age for our teachers and students. From the media environment , News change and education and teaching. It tells the basic situation and characteristics of the development of the journalism in the United States and shares with the teachers and students the views on the media reform.

Amy Reynolds first introduced the Kentucky State University campus environment as well as the School of Communication and Information Technology professional settings, subject characteristics and personnel training and other basic conditions. Then, using the words Evolution and Revolution as the starting point, it leads to the issue of the media environment in the United States and its transformation. Amy Reynolds combined with scholars on new media research, social media use in the United States as a concrete example, and the presence of teachers and students launched a positive discussion and reflection. She believes that in recent years, scholars in the analysis found that the United States public access to information gradually shifted to the direction of social media and new media. Correspondingly, the cultivation of news education and media talents has also been constantly adapting to the changes and adjustments in the digital age. Amy Reynolds pointed out that the key point is to interpret the meaning behind the data graph and to find out the value behind the data, aiming at the data processing and information screening that students are interested in. In the interactive session, students actively questioning, Amy Reynolds to answer in detail, lively discussion atmosphere.

 It is worth mentioning that Dr. Amy Reynolds is also looking forward to cooperating with our institute in international academic projects. Through the combination of high-quality international educational resources and innovative training mode, Dr. Amy Reynolds set up a friendly exchange platform in which personnel training and culture For the purpose of communication, broaden students' international horizons, and jointly cultivate a compound internationalized media talents in the new era background. (Photo / Li Hui Li Yun Luo Yunjuan Chen Weiqiang)

Attached: Dr. Amy Reynolds profile

Currently, he is the Dean of the College of Communication and Information of Kent State University and the former vice president of Louisiana State University Mass Communication School and vice president of Indiana University School of Journalism. Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Texas, Austin, with a focus on dissent, the First Amendment to the US Constitution, the history of First Amendment and media sociology, and in particular on media coverage of breaking news and terrorism.