As journalism and mass communication programs struggle to help prepare their students for the unknown digital future, many are answering the industry call to inject curricula with the instruction of digital skills. However, this likely comes at the cost of teaching long-standing conceptual courses, including media ethics, or introducing new ones,…

The curriculum for journalism is being forced to change because the traditional print-based and broadcast modes are being challenged by wide and easy access to online mass communication. Primarily, students need to develop proficiency in writing, editing and publishing. However, they are also expected to be skilled in the Web medium as they…

Describes implementation and content of a course in developing videotapes for use by business and by educational, medical, governmental and other nonprofit organizations. (HTH)

Describes a course that documents in often laborious and relatively uncritical detail the history of the Canadian press and its American and British antecedents. Describes a course on the contemporary press consisting of various forms of press criticism. (HTH)

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 a nonfiction literature unit offered in journalism and lists suggested titles. (AEA)

Outlines a two-semester high school course in Yearbook Desktop Publishing in which students learn desktop publishing skills along with the traditional yearbook curriculum. Presents general and behavioral objectives, rationale, and a course outline of concepts to be covered. (SR)

Details useful and interesting extra credit exercises that maintain student interest in a media ethics course. (CRH)

Discusses how a course in journalism ethics can integrate theory and practice while giving an accurate description of the profession and an overview of its unique ethical dilemmas. Notes that such a course helps students develop skills, analyze concepts and theories, and critically evaluate the profession. (SR)

Describes a technical publications course in which students learning how to use desktop programs also gain an understanding of the principles of design and layout by using mechanical paste-up techniques. (NH)

Since magazine faculty must compress learning objectives into tightly packed syllabi, it is important for these syllabi to be effectively organized to focus on process and not on product. Some characteristics of the "perfect" syllabus are: (1) it is devised within a curricular context; (2) it reflects awareness of the capabilities and…

Describes a course that recently integrated instruction in reporting and editing into a basic newsgathering and processing class. (HTH)

Reports on the components of a journalism course devoted specifically to news writing and reporting about public education issues. (RL)

Briefly describes materials and rationale of a media law course specifically designed for students preparing for careers outside print and broadcast news. (CRH)

Outlines a course experiment in which a public affairs reporting class utilized cable television facilities to produce a magazine show and thus learn the differences between working in print and an electronic medium. (CRH)