Just like our student organizations, School of Journalism faculty are embracing Journalism Week 2008, making it a part of the week’s in-class curriculum. Below are a few peaks into what will be taking place in class.
- Shott Chair of Journalism Toni Locy will host Mike Tomasky in her Public Affairs Reporting class for a discussion about the impact of the Internet on information availability and reporting public affairs issues.
Thursday, April 3
10:00 am
201 Martin Hall
- Professor Maria Ines Miro-Quesada and her Online Magazine Production class will host Matthew Yglesias for an informal discussion about managing a blog and dealing with journalistic “objectivity when blogging.
Thursday, April 3
10:00 am
G1 Martin Hall
- Professor Bonnie Stewart will host Terence Samuel in her Media Issues and Ethics class to discuss the ethical issues of web-based media.
Thursday, April 3
10:00 am
G3 Martin Hall
- Harrison/Omnicom Professor of Advertising Dr. Elizabeth Quilliam will host Philip de Vellis in her JRL 421: Mass Communications Research Methods class to discuss the use and impact of web-based video in political advertising.
Thursday, April 3
1:00 pm
205 Martin Hall
- Abbi Tatton will visit Professor Tori Arthur’s Beginning Television Reporting class to talk about how the Internet is impacting broadcast news reporting.
Thursday, April 3
1:30 pm
201 Martin Hall
- Ross Douthat will meet with a group of SOJ students to talk about how to start a blog and what it takes and what it means to be a blogger.
Thursday, April 3
2:00 pm
101-102 Martin Hall
Journalism Week Curriculum
- Professor John Temple will be discussing journalism ethics related to the use of the in JRL 489: Media Issues and Ethics.
- Dr. George Esper will host Ivy Guiler as a guest speaker, who will speak on media convergence and the use of digital and online technologies to report the news, in his American Journalism History.
- Dr. Steve Urbanski’s Copy Editing and Make-Up class will design ads for the Student Competitions as part of a communication design exercise.
- Professor Bonnie Stewart’s Media Writing students will also design ads for the Student Competitions. Students will meet as focus groups to discuss the topic and conduct interviews. Survey data will be tallied and lead the development of concepts for the designs.