Describes a course at the University of Michigan in which students write media critiques and send them to local newspaper editors and television news directors. (RB)

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 beginning journalism course at West Virginia University in which fifteen juniors and seniors with high grade point averages take on the responsibility of working with beginning journalism students. (RB)

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

Describes characteristics of the University of Missouri at Columbia's feature-writing course: heavy assignment loads, strict grading, absolute deadlines, and emphasis on publication. (KS)

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 a technique for individualizing instruction in a public relations course that enrolls an average of 50 students each semester. (KS)

Summarizes students' and teachers' responses to a public relations internship program at North Texas State University. (KS)

Describes an advanced public affairs journalism course at Michigan State University in which students cover city council meetings, the police beat, and court proceedings. (RB)

Examines the need for courses in new journalism and describes an experimental graduate seminar which traces the influence of literature and traditional journalism on the new journalism. (RB)