INFLUENCE OF CAMPUS JOURNALISM IN NIGERIAN POLYTECHNICS: CAUSES, EFFECTS AND RECOMMENDATION

          Campus journalism is journalism carried out by student of tertiary institutions on subjects relating to campus, published in publications generally only intended for campus. Usually these publications are available free of charge to the public and run by students and a faculty adviser.

          The campus press play an essential role in representing the voice of the students, protecting the rights of the students and informing the students of happening in and around the academic environments.

The ability to smell, dig out and stand for the truth through investigative journalism is a talent that must be developed and well refined, and Campus journalism provides the perfect environment for such professional training experience.

This research looks at the influence of Campus Journalism in Nigeria Polytechnics, the challenges of the Students Journalist, among other things.

          Increasing number of students journalist have no real knowledge of what the real journalism is all about, hence they struggle a great deal to fit into the real world after they are out of school. Campus Journalism that should be a real adventure for students’ journalist to get first-hand experience into what the real world of journalism entails have been pushed to the background and is hardly been accorded any recognition.