According to one sociological model, news is a product of socially determined notions of who and what is important and the organizational structures that result for routinizing news collection; events that deviate from these notions are ignored. This report describes a study of crime news coverage in the media that used this model to examine the…

This guidebook provides a systematic approach to evaluating student newspapers in five major areas: coverage and content, writing and editing, editorial leadership and opinion features, physical appearance and visual communication, and photography, art, and use of graphics. Each of the major areas is divided into numerous sub-categories; for each…

The authors of this report were responsible for developing a new course in basic news reporting at the University of Iowa. In the report they discuss a breakdown of the news gathering process and the conceptual plan that resulted from the breakdown, teaching objectives and strategies, and specific methods used to implement the strategies. Students…

A questionnaire was distributed to teachers of reporting in U.S. schools and departments of journalism in order to provide editors and others interested in journalism education with an indication of the contents and scope of basic newswriting and reporting courses offered in colleges and universities. The questionnaire attempted to reveal the…

This book shows the novice reporter how to recognize a news story, get the necessary ingredients, put them together properly, and polish the finished product. It also presents a look at the reporter's work and details the major legal pitfalls awaiting unwary journalists. Since the step-by-step techniques shown concentrate more on the process of…

This book, designed primarily as a college text, but also useful for self-study, as a library reference, and as a reference for cub reporters, newscasters, and associate editors, offers guidance on format and structure for the feature writer. Topics discussed include news features, brites, color stories, side bars, and think pieces, as well as…

Reports on how a summer course in journalism developed into practical, on-the-job experience. (RL)

Describes a study of plagiarism policies in journalism schools and newsrooms. Concludes that instructors felt educating students about plagiarism was one of the most important services journalism schools offer, but editors felt that plagiarism standards must be set in the real world of the newsroom. (HTH)

Describes various teaching strategies for journalism students, among them peer evaluation, interviewing exercises, question answering sessions, and syntactic structures. (HOD)

Based on the premise that students can learn a great deal by reading and writing a newspaper, this book was created by preservice instructors to teach upper elementary students (grades 3-5) newspaper concepts, journalism, and how to write newspaper articles. It shows how to use newspaper concepts to help students integrate knowledge from multiple…

Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to gathering information to answer questions. It begins with reference to the…

On the theme of image building, this series of articles examines ways to create a positive public image for agricultural education: community involvement, effective laboratory teaching, news media, public education programs, and professional dress and behavior. (SK)

This study is an evaluation of the effect of a newspaper antilitter campaign directed toward heavily littered areas within a community. Newspaper publicity can affect the amount of litter present by identifying troublesome areas and providing feedback about the areas. (Author/SA)

Descriptive grammars based on sets of rewrite rules were constructed to summarize the structure and organization of 120 entries in a second grade student's journal of class news. These rules illuminated the relationship between experience, abstraction, and generation of structure, and the use of structure to express complex thoughts. (PMJ)

Real world experience is a valuable tool in learning to understand and analyze. This ability is an essential prerequisite for writing interpretive news stories dealing with scientific developments and environmental news. This interpretive approach enables readers to estimate the impact such developments will have on their lives. (RE)