Assesses the effectiveness of the trauma training program for recent journalism graduates. Finds that all graduates see trauma training as a worthwhile exercise for journalism students in order to address trauma victims appropriately. Indicates that the majority of journalism graduates in this study have been exposed to traumatic incidents in…

Offers an overview of key concepts within hypertext research, discussing its relevance to the theories and practices of journalism. Surveys recent books and articles on new technologies in journalism. Describes a university reporting and writing course that responds to the fundamental challenges of hypertext to contemporary journalism. Examines…

Describes how, over five years, students and faculty at Brigham Young University created a converged newsroom that brought together student broadcast, print, and online journalism into one organization. Discusses the industry- and technology-driven rationale for converging newsrooms in educational institutions; describes generic changes and the…

Describes a journalism course that used an integrative approach to teaching about the principles, practice, and effects of civic journalism, combining theory, news writing, and evaluation. Describes the class project on the controversial issue of panhandling. Discusses goals of civic journalism and of the project, journalistic methods used,…

Relates how the documentary entitled "What's News?" (used to introduce visitors to "The Freedom Forum's Newseum") inspired both the author and his journalism students to consider the contingency and personal nature of news selection. Argues that introductory reporting textbooks and classes should do more to emphasize the role…

Suggests strategies for computer-assisted reporting which students and professionals can apply to a database that they want to analyze. Identifies 13 such strategies, giving an example of each, pointing out some keys to selecting each strategy, and suggesting software most appropriate for carrying out each strategy. (SR)

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…

Shows how a reasonably thorough understanding of risk reporting can be taught in a basic environmental reporting course by applying S. Klaidman's (1990) "Reasonable Reader" approach. Discusses what risk reporting is and what its biases are. Outlines the environmental course, the teaching of risk reporting, and the "Reasonable…

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…

Reports results of a national survey finding that communications law educators largely agree that the body of law they teach has grown so much that they have had to change how they teach the subject, fitting new material into the course. Notes that communications-law educators continue to emphasize a legal topics agenda oriented toward the…

Reports on a national survey of journalists and program administrators regarding whether they see religion as an important individual topic in American society. Finds the administrators believe religion is a difficult and involved topic; there is not enough coverage of it; all reports need a basic understanding of it; and that most reporters cover…

Reports results from a national survey regarding courses on public-relations campaigns. Examines predominant pedagogical strategies and course-management text techniques used; intentions for the course; theory/research elements; the role of management skill and/or interpersonal dynamics in the student campaign both internally and externally, and…

Reports results from a national survey, investigating the following: who evaluates journalism and mass communication teaching and how often it is evaluated, what is evaluated, definitions of effective teaching, why teaching is evaluated, and the benefits and shortcomings of evaluation. Concludes assessment of journalism and mass communication…

Reports on the 1998 "Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Enrollments" with information collected from 451 colleges and universities with journalism and/or mass communication programs. Includes information on enrollments and degrees by year in school, sequence of study, gender, and racial or ethnic group; and information about…

Reports on a study in an introductory media writing class in which student journals were used as a formative classroom assessment technique. Examines the relevance in value of student journals in enhancing instructors' understanding of students' attitudes toward writing processes. Examines the role of student journals in providing feedback on the…