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…

Describes a study of plagiarism policies in journalism schools and newsrooms. Concludes that instructors felt educating students about plagiarism was one of the most important services journalism schools offer, but editors felt that plagiarism standards must be set in the real world of the newsroom. (HTH)

Interviews rookie reporter Rob Karwath, recent graduate of the University of Kansas journalism school, concerning his education, school newspaper experience, internships, and current job at the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. (SR)

Editors of 227 weekly and daily newspapers who responded to a questionnaire indicated that journalism schools should increase the number of hours required of their students; teach more grammar, spelling, and punctuation; require internships; and broaden journalism training to include photography and layout. (TJ)

Journalism Central, a joint effort of the Journalism Association of Ohio Schools and the Ohio State University School of Journalism, responded to the school closing crisis of the winter of 1977 with an intensive two-day interviewing and news-writing session for high-school journalists. (MKM)

Describes the development of a booklet on careers in journalism for students in a high-school journalism class based on interviews of former high-school graduates who had become journalists. (HOD)

Describes the very first interviewing and writing assignment that introductory students do in a high school journalism class. (SR)

Delineates the impact that telecommunications has had on the knowledge and training required of high school journalism educators and their students. (AEA)

Presents a unit on teaching service journalism to high school students, including (1) choosing a topic; (2) researching the topic; and (3) writing the story. Suggests several topics for service journalism. (MM)

Discusses good writing and good reporting in high school journalism. Presents writing tips, editing tips, and discusses weak writing (such as backward and cluttered sentences) and good writing. (SR)

Considers the use of local daily newspapers in the high school journalism classroom to learn news reporting. Suggests weekly quizzes consisting of six questions that are global, national, and community related in nature. (PA)

Discusses how a high school journalism advisor dealt with ethical issues (including source attribution) surrounding the publication of a story about violation of school board policies by representatives of a nationally recognized ring company. (RS)

Looks at the experiences of Richard Gilbert, reporter and assistant editor for "The Herald Telephone," a daily newspaper in Bloomington, Indiana, and discusses Gilbert's suggested guidelines for high school journalism advisers. (MS)

This qualitative study examined the importance of the genre and authenticity as teachers sought to bring science journalism to the high school science classroom. Undertaken as part of the National Science Foundation-funded grant "Science Literacy through Science Journalism (SciJourn)," this work was conducted as a series of smaller…

Describes how a high school journalism teacher established a student news bureau to channel information about schools in the school system to the local media; lists advantages of the news bureau to its staff members and to the school system. (GW)