Anna Sasim

The article discusses aspects of the preparation of journalists for professional work in the context of modern challenges for educational environment associated with the boom of information and communication technologies over the past two decades. The issues of forming and improving communication based on ICT tools are of particular interest for the study. The issue of fake news and disinformation, which are becoming commonplace, seems to be problematic one. An assessment of the content sources reliability is considered as methodological technique. Since in a digital environment there is a need to check both the source of the information and the content itself, the authenticity of its content, especially if we are talking about user content. The relevance of the study in the article is due to the need to examine the peculiarities of journalists training for professional work in the conditions of education computerization. The purpose of the study is to analyze the process of training journalists for professional work in the context of modern challenges for educational environment. The study uses theoretical and empirical methods. According to the results of the study, the article presents theoretical and practical confirmation of the need and significance of the use of ICT tools for the professional mobility of future journalists, the development of the practice of interaction between the general layers of the public on topical and socially significant issues in the field of journalistic investigation and content. Theoretical significance is that the results of the study complement the theory and methodology for the formation and development of IT-communication in the aspect of training students-journalists for their professional work using modern tools in the conditions of society computerization as a whole and higher education in particular for journalistic investigations. The practical significance of the study is to determine the importance of the use of ICT tools providing journalists with a variety of professionally oriented technical assistance and optimizing the management of journalists training for their professional work in the context of modern challenges for educational environment.

ICT tools expand the opportunity of implementing intercultural IT communication in the context of interaction of all participants in the educational process. The use of educational and methodological materials based on ICT tools and the organization of teacher - students journalists interaction represent an integrated IT-learning environment that allows us to implement intercultural communication, improve educational services and provide access to educational resources from any mobile device. The relevance of the study is due to the spatial information dynamics in the field of communication in the context of journalists’ education computerization. The aim of the study is the theoretical and practical confirmation of professionally oriented intercultural communication based on the use of ICT tools as a component of the process of preparing student journalists for qualified work. Theoretical and empirical methods are used in the study. Based on the results of the study, the article presents a theoretical and practical justification of the necessity and significance of using ICT tools for professional mobility and the development of the practice of interaction between broad sections of the public on topical and socially significant issues in the field of intercultural communication. The theoretical significance lies in the fact that the study complements the theory and methodology for the formation and development of intercultural IT communication in the aspect of preparing journalism majors for professional activities using modern tools in the context of computerization of society in general and higher education in particular. The practical significance lies in the direction of the use of ICT tools that provide participants of intercultural communication with various types of professionally oriented technical assistance and support, as well as solving such problems as optimizing learning management, increasing the effectiveness of the educational process.