This case study provides practical and theoretical insights into the Stony Brook news literacy program, which is one of the most ambitious and well-funded curricular experiments in modern journalism education and media literacy. Analysis of document, interview, and observation data indicates that news literacy educators sought to teach students…

This twin survey of online journalism professionals and students examines their perceptions of journalism skills, duties, and concepts. Using samples of online journalists and journalism students in Hong Kong, Asia's media hub, it attempts to offer updated insights into the changes taking place in journalism classrooms and newsrooms and…

Journalism and mass communication higher education in Iraq is well established but largely isolated from global developments since the 1970s. In the post-Iraq war period, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) implemented a multiyear project to work with the leadership of Iraqi higher education to help update…

With declining budgets and increased pressure to deliver a prepared and hirable workforce, universities must look externally for resources to assist with recruiting and retaining top students. This nationwide survey of journalism and mass communication programs shows that while some programs have reached out to external professionals for advice…

Surveys 100 journalism schools investigating: (1) whether journalism schools treat spelling, punctuation, grammar, and AP style as important factors in improving the state of journalism; (2) how journalism schools are teaching and assessing spelling, punctuation, grammar, and AP style; and (3) whether journalism schools are using entrance or exit…

Considers some challenges of teaching public journalism. Discusses how journalism educators can help students prepare for a career in the service of public life by teaching them how to actively involve citizens in the journalistic processes of gathering information, writing stories, and evaluating performance. Offers teaching applications and…

Surveys print and broadcast journalism educators and professionals. Finds a gap, though not a particularly wide one, between the professional journalists and journalism educators concerning courses journalism programs should emphasize, important competencies for journalism students, mid-level professional training, the importance of various…

Compares broadcasting curricula of two-year and four-year colleges. Finds that most broadcast programs implement a blend of practical and theoretical courses, and that students at two-year and four-year schools are subjected to comparable course work and internship/practicum experience. Suggests that many students are not receiving enough…

Surveys (by e-mail) people in charge of public-relations sequences in U.S. colleges and universities regarding what computer skills they consider most useful for their students. Notes the roles of program size and breadth, and gender and age of educators. Investigates computer-skills prerequisites, useful computer skills, computer skills…

Explores the perspectives of 132 creative executives who review the portfolios of entry-level advertising candidates. Suggests that advertising educators should consider creating a special track for creative students, and that educators can effectively prepare students for creative positions by concentrating in creative courses on those skills the…

Looks at the entire entity of journalism and mass communication coursework. Raises broad issues and recognizes that the Association of Journalism and Mass Communication needs to pay more attention to the basic question of overall curriculum. Discusses the role of media education; theory versus practice; media education's relationship to the…

Argues that many communication programs continue to offer narrow, industry-oriented sequences that do not prepare students for 21st-century careers or for a future filled with jobs that do not currently exist. Discusses getting away from sequences oriented toward industry, small colleges, a plan for a new curriculum, and looking at the long term.…

Surveys by mail 461 public relations professors to determine how institutions and those teaching public relations are preparing practitioners in research education for their projected research responsibilities. (PA)

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…

Reports on a survey investigating how well journalism schools are meeting the educational needs of students in the midst of technological change. Reports on general strengths and weaknesses, as well as on freedom of expression, freedom of information, and technology. (SR)