A variety of strategies for college public relations professionals to improve communication with the news media is offered, based on the experiences of a number of institutions. They include providing a workshop about the institution for reporters, personal contact between administrators and reporters, making information about the institution…

Describes the successful use of computer conferencing in a journalism feature writing class. Discusses how conferencing works, conferencing and pedagogy, stumbling blocks, benefits, and further applications. (SR)

Prepared from taped transcripts, this report summarizes presentations and panel sessions from a conference at Syracuse (New York) University that investigated the power that computers deliver to teachers and students of writing and editing, and the challenge of making the transition from typewriters to computers in the classroom. Titles of the…