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Britain has been at the forefront of journalism for centuries. Itprovided the beginnings of journalism to all the colonies and the United States. This means of course to almost all the Asia Pacific rim countries. But something went wrong when it came to journalism education, where Britain was remarkably behind other countries in Europe, Asia, Australasia and the United States. Britain distrusted journalism education, much preferring on-the-job and apprenticeship training for its journalists and editors. The end result of this was that the attitudes and approaches of American journalism education in particular found its way to many parts of the world, particularly the Asia Pacific countries. But after this slow start, British journalism education is now changing rapidly. New entrants to journalism are now better educated than in times past. The local and regional media-- press and broadcasting-- continue to be a major provider of on-the-job ©AsiaPacifi