This paper gives instructors of Introduction to American Politics a template for teaching about media bias, using the case of President Trump and his administration. I present material for a combination lecture/discussion, including (1) a framework for evaluating partisan bias in news content, (2) discussion questions that move sequentially from…

Courses: Digital Storytelling, Community Journalism. Objectives: This course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts in digital storytelling and community journalism. "Immersed in urban oil" is an interdisciplinary project-based, community-engaged course focused on documenting the historical and contemporary oil…

Journalistic skills courses often involve the production of a media project such as a multimedia website, which requires students to decide which media in their multimedia toolkit can best convey the story. To make the right match between content and form, students should understand the advantages of each of the available modes of communication.…

Objectives: Students will demonstrate research, decision making, team building, and public speaking skills, while applying issues management and crisis communication concepts in a realistic setting. Courses: Introduction to Public Relations, Public Relations Cases, Crisis Communication.

Discusses different ways of conceiving the content and purpose of journalism history courses. Maintains that history is about arguments, not facts; and that there is no such thing as journalism history. Notes that both premises are applicable to research and are easily and usefully employed in the classroom. (SR)

Discusses the pedagogical benefits of advertising competitions, and describes five national competitions available to students, including Nissan Student Advertising Contest, Philip Morris Marketing Communications Competition for Students, Direct Marketing Collegiate Echo Competition, and American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising…

Presents a guide to help prepare secondary education journalism teachers create opportunities for greater minority involvement in scholastic journalism. (SR)

Looks at current conditions inhibiting the growth and sustenance of quality journalism programs in inner-city areas. Examines some practical steps journalism advisers in these schools can take to better advance the talents and desires of their students. (RS)

Describes what it is like to be a press photographer assigned to the White House. (JL)

Reports on an analysis of more than 200 high school newspapers which showed that only nine papers included humor on a regular basis. Uses excerpts from those nine newspapers to illustrate how humor can be used. (FL)

Discusses some uses of moral development theories in the teaching of journalism ethics. Presents theories proposed by developmental psychologists Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan, along with some interpretations of them within journalism ethics instruction. (SR)

Describes a journalism course which focused on media coverage of minorities. Emphasizes the need to integrate this subject into the journalism curriculum. (MM)

Proposes using the community surrounding a school as a source of story ideas. (FL)

Outlines two approaches to the pedagogic use of computer-mediated communication, to give students familiarity with a technology increasingly important to media professionals. Offers topic illustrations for use in various courses, and gives tips for going online. (SR)

Offers a criticism of journalism as a professional practice of "doing" rather than "thinking," and suggests a higher standard through the notion of reflective judgment. Makes specific recommendations for curriculum additions to increase undergraduates' performance as critical thinkers and creators of reflective judgments that…