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Hit or Miss: Tracking Media Releases from Conception to Publications
How to use an oral poster board presentation assignment to teach public relations students the value of possessing good news judgment and illustrate how journalists turn media releases into news articles
Lori Baker-Schena, Calfornia State-Northridge
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Question Yourself
How to engage students in a conversation about ethical values
Paola Banchero, Alaska-Anchorage
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Headline Hunter
How to get copy editing students to use social networking to critique headlines
Susan Brockus, California State-Chico
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Covering a Diverse Audience
How to train reporters to think about different communities
Johanna Cleary, Forida
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The Village People
How to use a role-playing simulation to teach public affairs reporting and freedom of information
David Cuillier, Arizona
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It’s “Jeopardy!”
How students can give the answers (in the form of a question) for an exam review
Eileen Gilligan, SUNY-Oswego
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Ethics Lesson Plan
How to teach journalism ethics using Megan’s Law on campus
Tamara L. Gillis, Elizabethtown
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Around the BRIC World in 80 Seconds
How to use social networking Web sites to globally connect U.S. advertising students with the BRIC countries’ students
Karie Hollerbach, Southeast Missouri State
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Teaching Multimedia on the Cheap
How teach convergence journalism using inexpensive digital still cameras to tell stories with audio and video for the Web
Brian K. Johnson, Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
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The Flexible Syllabus
How to use an innovative approach to teaching writing intensive courses
Michael L. Kent, Oklahoma
Maureen Taylor, Oklahoma
Marcia Stratton, Alaska-Anchorage
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Mapping the News
How to engage students in understanding the world view presented in U.S. newspapers
Karen E. Kline, Lock Haven
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News Jetsetters
How to use an international assignment that takes students on a global coverage tour
Teresa Trumbly Lamsam and Jennifer Mullins, Nebraska-Omaha
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Campaign 2008: Cast Your Vote!
How to use public displays of student work to generate excitement for graded assignments while teaching how to create attractive and readable editorial page designs
Hyangsook Lee, Kent State
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The Great Blog Race
How to teach students about the twin imperatives of promotion and content on the Internet
Miles Maguire, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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What’s Your Typestyle?
How to use typography to convey personality and emotion
Renee Martin-Kratzer, Florida
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Forging Critical Links Between Academics and Professionals
How to acquire input from working professionals on student advertising portfolios
Jody Mattern, Minnesota State-Moorhead
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Designing the Ad of My Life
How to use Hemingway’s “Six-word memoir” as an advertising copywriting exercise
Ginger R. Carter Miller, Georgia College & State
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Transition Tune-Up
How to get smoother transition from feature writing students—by connecting the unconnected
Quint B. Randle, Brigham Young
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News Design, Contemporary History and a Rock ‘n’ Roll Classic
How to inspire editing students with Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
Daniel Reimold, Ohio
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Who’s Like Me?
How to talk about diversity with journalism students
Jessica E. Smith, North Carolina-Chapel Hill
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Finding Matches Made in Journalistic Heaven
How to envision “enterprise joins” for enterprise reporting
Jeff South, Virginia Commonwealth
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See It. Live It. Tell It.
How to create a mass communications study abroad course in a multimedia world
Andrea Tanner, Kent Sidel and Lisa Sisk, South Carolina
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A Synergy Story
How to supercharge your—and their—thinking with Soundslides
Leslie-Jean Thornton, Arizona State
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Turning Student Errors Into Lasting Lessons
How to use examples from student newspapers and Web sites to promote solid grammar and better writing
Douglas B. Ward, Kansas
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A Look at News Web Sites Created By and For 20-Somethings
How to get more young adults interested in reading news online
Amy Zerba, Texas-Austin
