The National Media Writing Faculty Study

Abstract

RESEARCHJournalism 6. Mass Communication Educator Research seeks contributions that support a community of faculty and student discovery; the acquisition of knowledge and skills; and their creative application to issues of import, both within and beyond classroom and web site. The journal focuses on learning and teaching, curriculum, educational leadership, and related exploration of higher education within a context of journalism and mass communication. Submissions may draw from a variety of theoretical approaches and methodological perspectives and should introduce readers to new questions, new evidence, and effective educational practices.Scholarship is encouraged that is grounded in knowledge about the complexity of learning and respectful of student needs for multiple paths toward understanding: rooted in the disciplinary content of the professional and academic specialties we ask our students to master: and cognizant of the discipline's long-standing commitment to the arts of liberty, not through vague aphorisms, but as solutions to educational, civic, and public needs.One of the objectives of this national media writing faculty study was to compile a contemporary profile of the typical U.S. journalism writing educator. This profile includes demographic data and information on pedagogical attitudes, practices, and resources. A second, more important objective was to search for evidence of an evolving and more integrated paradigm in the teaching of media writing by trying to ascertain whether current media writing instructors consider themselves to be more traditional or progressive in their teaching styles. Having journalism writing instructors indicate their teaching preferences would give some indication of the status and acceptance of more progressive teaching orientations (e.g., writing as process) that were introduced into journalism education literature in the 1980s. [MNPOPOVICI#BSU.EDU) is a professor in the Mark Mass6 [MHMASSE@BSU.EDU) is an associate professor and Mark Popovich

Challenges and Dangers of Reporting in a Tumultuous Border Region

“…Many journalists find it tough to deal with their own emotions. 18 The CPJ advises media organizations to "treat the safety of their journalists as paramount. This means discouraging unwarranted risk-taking, making assignments to war zones or other hostile environments voluntary, and providing proper training and equipment for those assignments."…”