Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century 2013

Page 2 Volume 2, 2013 About TNT21 This booklet shares teaching ideas honored in 2013 in Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century, the teaching ideas competition of the Newspaper and Online News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. TNT21 was founded in 2009 to publicly acknowledge good ideas for foundational journalism courses: newswriting, reporting and editing. Ideas are accepted in three divisions: — Full-time faculty members — Adjunct professors — Graduate-student instructors The competition awards prizes of $100 for the best teaching idea from each group and gives certificates to others whose work is honored. Deadlines for contest entries typically are in the summer, to allow instructors to enter materials outside the rush of fall/spring semesters, and are announced on the Newspaper and Online News Division listserv and on the JOURNET listserv. Teaching tips submitted should be suitable for use in newswriting, reporting or editing courses, though they may be tailored for specific versions of those courses. For example, tips for teaching newswriting across media would be welcome, as would tips for teaching a specific type of reporting, such as public affairs reporting, business reporting or environmental reporting. Tips can address practical skills or conceptual knowledge, showing, for example, how to teach students to report ethically or edit to avoid libel. Tips that help professors address the challenges of teaching in a world where technologies are rapidly changing are especially welcome. Ideas are judged for their originality, innovative nature, ease of application, completeness, writing and whether they would work in more than one course and/ or at different types of schools. TNT21 has been administered since 2009 by Susan Keith, an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and one of the Newspaper and Online News Division’s teaching chairs. 2013 judges Erin Coyle, Louisiana State University Joel Campbell, Brigham Young University Patricia Dobson, Eastern New Mexico University Pamela B. Fine, University of Kansas Kyle Heim, Seton Hall University Kevin Lerner, Marist College David Loomis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Mitchell McKenney, Kent State University John Oudens, The New York Times Craig Paddock, University of North Carolina Charlotte Bill Reader, Ohio University Scott Reinardy, University of Kansas Chris Roberts, University of Alabama Lisa A. Romero, University of Illinois Carol Schlagheck, Eastern Michigan University Robert N. Spicer, Millersville University Leslie-Jean Thornton, Arizona State University

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