Describes the teaching of the techniques of precision journalism--applying quantitative methods to news reporting--in an advanced reporting course at Cleveland State University in Ohio. (RB)

Describes how one teacher organized a course at New York University called basic issues in the news. (RB)

Describes a course at the University of Toledo in which journalism students learn the newsletter publishing business. (RB)

Describes a course in economics for journalists offered at the University of Oregon and discusses some of the limitations of such a course. (RB)

Describes implementation and content of a course in developing videotapes for use by business and by educational, medical, governmental and other nonprofit organizations. (HTH)

Describes a course that documents in often laborious and relatively uncritical detail the history of the Canadian press and its American and British antecedents. Describes a course on the contemporary press consisting of various forms of press criticism. (HTH)

Discusses how property records served as the basis for assignments in one news reporting course. (RB)

Proposes a three-course sequence of research courses for master's degree programs in journalism, to better prepare journalism graduate students to understand quantitative research. (SR)

Details useful and interesting extra credit exercises that maintain student interest in a media ethics course. (CRH)

Discusses how a course in journalism ethics can integrate theory and practice while giving an accurate description of the profession and an overview of its unique ethical dilemmas. Notes that such a course helps students develop skills, analyze concepts and theories, and critically evaluate the profession. (SR)

Maintains that perspectives of cultural diversity and gender are appropriate for courses in mass communication and society. Describes the academic techniques (a focus on culture and media studies) and the instructional techniques of such a course developed at Stanford University. Notes the need to deal with zero-sum perceptions of such endeavors…

Describes a course that recently integrated instruction in reporting and editing into a basic newsgathering and processing class. (HTH)

Reports on the components of a journalism course devoted specifically to news writing and reporting about public education issues. (RL)