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Volume 2, 2013

Second place, full-time faculty division

ProWatch: Critically thinking
about reporters’ work
By Carla J. Kimbrough
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Types of courses the idea could be used in: newswriting, reporting, editing
Target level: freshmen, sophomores, juniors,
seniors, graduate students in professional
programs

Carla J. Kimbrough
teaches reporting and
editing at UNL, which
she joined in August
2008 after a career in
journalism. She
worked as a reporter
at the Lincoln (Neb.)
Journal; as a reporter,
copy editor and fill-in
assignment editor at
the Arkansas Gazette
in Little Rock; and as
a regional editor, city
editor, or night metro
editor at the Jackson
(Tenn.) Sun, Marietta
(Ohio) Times, Cincinnati Enquirer and
Dayton Daily News. At
the Denver Post, she
was part of the senior
management team
and was responsible
for newsroom
recruitment and staff
development.

What is the goal of the assignment or exercise?
ProWatch, an activity in critic