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17 Aug

Journalism educators need to rethink their role

Many award-winning journalists never studied journalism in university, raising the question whether people who don’t study journalism make better journalists. In an attempt to explore that idea, Betty Medsger, a leading […]

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17 Aug

Children and Trauma

By Ashley M. HeherQuill, Dec2000, Vol. 88, Issue 10A report on a session at the Society of Professional Journalists Convention in 2000, this article raises the need for a cautious […]

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17 Aug

Is the U.S. Government Making Children Fat?

By Barry YeomanNieman Reports, Spring 2003, Vol. 57 Issue 1.Yeoman discusses how, in reporting on school lunches for a Mother Jones story, he developed a deeper, more thoughtful perspective on […]

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17 Aug

Covering teen suicide: One paper’s decision

Newspapers often won’t touch stories about children who suicide as they don’t want to be seen to be encouraging copycat behaviour. Barbara Walsh at Poynter.org discusses her struggles with the […]

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17 Aug

Beyond Puff: Writing about kids

Kelly McBride at Poynter.org discusses why “telling the stories of children is one of the most important things journalists do”; And she directs readers (through links in the text and […]

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16 Aug

RConversation

A blog by Rebecca McKinnon, a former CNN reporter now an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre.

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16 Aug

Reflections about the declaration of principles

Some discussion about the World Journalism Education Conference’s declaration by journalism educators at the RConversation Blog.

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16 Aug

Declaration of principles of journalism education

The World Journalism Education Conference in Singapore adopted this set of principles in June, 2007.

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16 Aug

Audio vs. video storytelling

An essay about the differences between audio and video storytelling from a journalist who has done both in Canada and the U.S. the essay includes links to audio and video […]

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16 Aug

BTW, can I quote you on that?

QUESTION: Can I use quotes from e-mail listservs and online newsgroups in my articles? What people have to say in these online forums is often really interesting and colourful. These […]

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