"J-school" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: J-schools [plural]
Etymology: The initial letter of journalism plus school. Compare B-school. Head templates: {{en-noun}} J-school (plural J-schools)
  1. (informal) A school or a division within a college or university teaching topics related to the practice of journalism. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-J-school-en-noun-~pujAAW1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
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  ],
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Gil Asakawa, “It’s Been 3 Years Since The “War Against Asians” Story Ran In CU’s Student News Site”, in HuffPost:",
          "text": "The website itself changed it name, to the CU Independent, and changed from a class within the J-school to a student activity, making it more truly independent from the university (though it’s still funded in large part by the school).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Bill Grueskin, “Do we still need J-schools? Yes, more than ever”, in Columbia Journalism Review:",
          "text": "J-schools used to see themselves largely as training grounds for the cannon fodder that would head off to local radio and TV stations and newspapers.",
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        }
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        "A school or a division within a college or university teaching topics related to the practice of journalism."
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        [
          "college",
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        ],
        [
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          "university"
        ],
        [
          "journalism",
          "journalism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A school or a division within a college or university teaching topics related to the practice of journalism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "J-school"
}
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        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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          "ref": "2011, Gil Asakawa, “It’s Been 3 Years Since The “War Against Asians” Story Ran In CU’s Student News Site”, in HuffPost:",
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Bill Grueskin, “Do we still need J-schools? Yes, more than ever”, in Columbia Journalism Review:",
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          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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        "A school or a division within a college or university teaching topics related to the practice of journalism."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A school or a division within a college or university teaching topics related to the practice of journalism."
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