Shows why the "screw model" of news story organization helps journalism students to visualize the way stories should and should not be structured. (RL)

Given the increasing influence of public journalism on the daily routines of newspapers across the United States, students need to be taught how to find a workable balance between consulting and reporting on conventional information sources and consulting and reporting on the perspectives provided by ordinary citizens. This paper discusses ways in…

Suggests a technique for helping journalism students learn writing style and become familiar with a stylebook without taking large amounts of class time. (TJ)

Describes a workshop recommended for the beginning of each term to orient journalism students to the use of computers for news writing. (HTH)

Role-playing techniques can be successful in introducing journalism students to the issue of ethical behavior. (HOD)

Summarizes ten steps in the reporting process in order to help students develop their reporting skills. (TJ)

Tells how students in a journalism class learn copyreading skills through reading and editing each other's work. (GT)

Reports on a classroom activity that emphasizes to journalism students the importance of good observational skills and of getting accurate information firsthand. (RL)

Describes a three and one half hour class in which students must rewrite stories for four editions of a daily newspaper, with updates on a fire in progress, press releases, and obituaries added during the class period. (HTH)

Describes a newsreading program designed for journalism students in a reporting class. (HOD)

Reports on the coordinated efforts of editing, reporting, and advertising students in publishing a newspaper fashioned after "The New York Times." (HOD)

Preparing a three-part report about one journalist's work provides journalism students with glimpses of the real world of journalism. (RL)

Uses poetry and skeletal outlines of similes to stimulate students' use of imagery in their feature writing. (HTH)

Presents an exercise in which students must write five broadcast leads from five of the major newspaper stories reported on the day they were born. (HTH)

Describes a newswriting exercise to teach coverage of public speaking events in which students were asked to report on Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount. (HTH)