INTEGRATION IN JOURNALISTIC EDUCATION
The article discusses the modern journalism education, which is an essential subsystem of journalism, is a system of organizations and institutions that ensures the reproduction and improvement of the journalistic staff potential, both within the framework of the press practice and within the framework of theoretical research activities, thereby contributing to the development of theory and journalism practices, as well as the personal development of a media specialist. One of the most effective methods for the development of vocational education is the integration method, which significantly changes the methodology of the educational process, transforms the nature of subject-subject relations, professional and personal qualities of a specialist. The main advantages of integrative training are the following: the content of education is updated by deepening and expanding the subject of knowledge; methods and mechanisms of cognitive activity are updated; techniques for achieving the goal are being improved; the ability to self-control and self-realization develops; such personality traits as activity, independence, creativity, etc. are deepened. The integrative construction of the educational process determines great technological opportunities for the development of flexibility of thinking, the universality of knowledge and skills of students, intellectual and creative development in the process of training.