Preparing poster-sized organizational charts forces students and reporters to develop detailed familiarity with their assigned news beats. (RL)

Explains the technique "editorial step-asides," which is designed to help students learn the difference between fact and opinion in a teacher's lecture. (FL)

A project in a fourth-year reporting seminar at Carleton University illustrates the ease--and ethical ramifications--of using public information records to collect facts about individuals. (RL)

Series of articles offers teaching tips and techniques for such journalism topics as newswriting, public relations, news sources, and news ethics. (HOD)

Discusses present signs of the shift from teachers to media as students' source of information, and how journalism schools and teachers can adapt to this change in roles. (HTH)