Maintains that professional and academic communities have different missions yet share some goals. Argues against the wholesale adoption of the United States model of journalism education, and for the establishment of the academy as the primary agent in journalism education. Offers several proposals and considerations in the negotiating process…

With the notion of cultural framing as a theoretical backdrop, a study examined the role of culture in the work of foreign correspondents. The aim was to explore cultural aspects of international news reporting that may suggest avenues for more systematic inquiry into the role of culture in the work of the foreign correspondent. Of 75 examined…

Suggests the position of ombudsman is one that newspapers might create with internal success and acceptance from the other staff members. (RB)

Describes the content of an undergraduate course in communication theory that incorporates practice via student projects. (TO)

In a case study involving the St. Petersburg, Florida, "Times" and "Independent," two questions were asked: How is the newspaper ombudsman perceived by the other members of the staff, including both management and nonmanagement? and How do opinions about the ombudsman differ, if at all, between a newspaper staff which has an…

Compares the attributes which news executives and journalism educators find desirable in reporters, finding considerable agreement in the areas of knowledge, abilities, and skills. (RB)

Finds that the journalist and the public frequently differ on issues regarded as important to the well-being of the press and society. (RB)

Reports on a journalism course at the University of South Carolina in which students follow their own interests by working on group projects to study the source, message, channel, and receiver while learning the principles of communication. (RB)

A study of the performance of the nation's campus press is presented. The point is made that in terms of content, the student press has come of age. The specific question studied is: How did the campus press perform in its coverage of the campus disorders of May 1970?Content and administrator and student staff attitudes were scrutinized. A…

Contending that narrowly focused empirical research on comparative professionalism cannot produce a complete understanding of journalists in developing nations, this paper calls for the development of research methodologies and approaches that will examine journalistic professionalism in the context of the interdependence of mass media and…

Economic change in China is coming about through wide-ranging economic reforms, is taking place at an unprecedented pace, and is affecting the lives of many of the inhabitants of the world's most populous nation. However, the attempts to reform the political process have been slow, like the attempts to reform the Chinese press. The Chinese press…