Compares five years' contents of four scholarly and trade publications in journalism ("Columbia Journalism Review,""The Quill,""Journalism Quarterly," and "Editor and Publisher"). Describes them in terms of 14 issues derived from telephone interviews. (SR)

Examines 14 texts for college students in newswriting courses to determine their treatment of news values. Concludes that uncertainty reigns. (HOD)

Describes the use of content analysis by a journalism class in studying television news. Indicates that the method is flexible, generates familiarity with quantitative approaches to the analysis of broadcast journalism, can result in increased awareness of the complexity of the broadcast news medium, and increases student motivation. (TJ)

Using St. Bonaventure's program as an example, claims that undergraduate journalism students can benefit from studying research theory and methodology and then applying it in their senior year. Indicates that these programs help overcome faculty inertia over quantitative analysis and that surveys and content analyses represent the most popular…