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50 Years of ERIC
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Administrators from Small Programs Won Support and a National Role.
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Martin, Christine M.; Stewart, Guy H. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1996
Discusses the lengthy efforts of Perley Isaac Reed, director of the West Virginia University School of Journalism, to receive recognition and approval of the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism (AASDJ). Discusses the founding and early history of the American Society of Journalism School Administrators, and Reed's answer…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Higher Education, National Organizations
The European Debate in 1894 on Journalism Education.
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Bjork, Ulf Jonas – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1996
Outlines proposals regarding the issue of professional journalistic training made at several International Congresses of the Press that met in Europe from 1894 to 1908. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational History, European History, Higher Education, Journalism Education
1940s: Decade of Adolescence for Professional Education.
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Crook, James A. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1995
States that professional journalism education in America's colleges and universities was well established by the 1940s. Describes the developmental history of journalism education programs, including the origins of several professional organizations dedicated to journalism education. Details first research methods and teaching standards. Concludes…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational History, Higher Education, Journalism Education
Observations on American Media in the Twentieth Century.
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Jaffe, Jacob H. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1995
Describes conditions in the 1920s, and moves into the era of Hoover and Roosevelt. Relates what it was like to live in a world that did not have television and when radio was a young industry. Concludes with a plea to the media to stop being deceived by public relations ploys from all levels of industry and government. (PA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Journalism, Journalism History, Mass Media