Describes the events leading up to the publication of an article on athletes and alcohol (included in full). Discusses how the school newspaper has been credited with allowing a negative, sensitive subject to be discussed among students and faculty for the good of the student body. (KEH)

Compares judgments of journalists and scientific information sources (including industry representatives, government officials, environmental advocates, and academic scientists) about what makes a "high-quality" news story about environmental risk. Finds that there is a deeper desire among traditional news sources to support the status…

Investigates the types of processes used by journalistic writers when producing texts of varying constraints. Finds that news story writers paused more often and carried out more activities per writing session than did editorial writers, suggesting greater monitoring activity by news story writers. (MS)

Asserts that journalism education provides students with important life skills. Suggests reasons why journalism education is so effective in preparing students for the future. (MS)

Contends that by compiling a sports record book for a high school, the newspaper staff can more efficiently write, and include more interesting data in, sports articles. Discusses experiences the author had when compiling the sports record book for his high school. (MS)

Takes a critical look at the idea of "news routines." Examines a politically oppositional news room to determine which elements of production make its news "oppositional." Argues that economic and organizational factors help determine news content more than do routines. (RAE)

States that sports writing and sports news has greater impact now than it has had in the past. Presents some ideas to convince media advisers to teach sports writing, including the proven adage that a person does not need to understand sports or statistics to be a sports writer. Emphasizes the importance of organization and proper management. (PA)

Surveys students in journalism and mass communication. Finds that they do not view freshman composition as being especially useful to them in journalism, in their other courses, or for the work world; they felt they received better instruction in their journalism writing courses than in freshman composition in 9 of 11 skill areas. (SR)

Examines the effect of news writing instruction on the attitudes and writing performance of students in English composition classes. Finds the only significant difference between treatment and control groups is students' perception of the practicality of the writing instruction they received. (SR)

Offers six brief articles, each presenting a particular class activity for high school journalism students, focusing on feature writing, getting the whole picture, news writing, an observation test, sights and sounds, and a reporting exercise. (SR)

Discusses ways to write effective headlines that can help make newspapers more "reader friendly." (SR)

Notes that journalists have to balance their desire to print the news with personal rights to privacy. Argues that a working knowledge of ethics and law helps journalism students resolve such issues. Discusses ethical issues; legal aspects of privacy; and "training" administrators. Offers a list of questions to ask, six notable court…

Notes professional journalists know they cannot be efficient news reporters without being able to do basic math. Describes five kinds of calculations journalists use, kinds of stories calculations appear in, and how to work with them. Discusses questions to ask about the reliability of data. Offers exercises dealing with mean and median, percent…

Looks at frequent mistakes made with verb forms, widespread even among sportscasters, school board members, and others. Outlines common verb form problems to look for, and ways to avoid such errors. (SR)

Presents a list of 13 films that faculty might wish to consider for use in conjunction with journalism classes. Gives a brief description of each film, the running time, and directors and producing studios for the record. Notes how images are something modern students can relate to comfortably and hopes faculty can use this technology to stimulate…