Panorama dos estágios obrigatórios e não-obrigatórios do Curso de Jornalismo da UFT

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of both mandatory and non-mandatory internships accomplished by students of the Federal University of Tocantins’ Journalism course, seeking to identify these intern’s work places, as well as their work conditions, possible issues and contributions of these internships. It uses bibliographic and documentary research, a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews as data gathering. The research points out as its main results the positive contribution of the internship to the academic life of Journalism students, but some other issues were identified during this process, such as the lack of interaction between the University and the internship spaces, insufficient supervision by supervisors and the elaboration of tasks with professional responsibility for the interns. It is noticeable that the rules and regulations are not being obeyed in a satisfactory way, which means they do not fulfill the pedagogical aspects they are intended to. It was also possible to verify that the interns believe in the importance of internship, although they do not agree that it can not be remunerated. It concludes that the University should have a more active role in supervising the internship and in the fulfillment of the pedagogical objectives that involve it, and it would be very important to involve the State Association of Journalists when it comes to supervising the internships to ensure their correct application in the internship environments.