Category Archives: Journalism

Survey: Race in the news class develops savvy media consumers

By jcronin | Published: April 1, 2013

For 16 years, students have participated in an open and frank online dialogue in Professor Karen M. Turner’s “Race and Racism in the News” class. But only now has she realized its lasting impact.

Turner surveyed 66 Temple alumni who took the class between 1997 and 2010 and, through their responses, has found the lessons she taught are still put to use in their personal and professional lives. (During that time frame, 285 people received final grades. From that group, Turner contacted the 102 alumni who had a current email address in Temple’s database.)

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Professor Trayes donates photography to support SMC scholarships

By jcronin | Published: March 20, 2013

EdTrayes.com will benefit photojournalism and MJ students.

For roughly an hour each day, light seems to come alive at the bottoms of some of Arizona’s slot canyons. Revealed in stunning, yet often subtle colors, are unearthly details of these geographic wonders.

It’s a sight most will never experience—one of the reasons Journalism Professor Ed Trayes once climbed deep inside the canyons to capture such moments with his camera.

“The trick was to never get the sky in the photograph, because that would blow everything out,” Trayes says, subconsciously giving a lesson as he talks about his work. “What you try … Read more »

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CJR asks journalism prof why women’s issues end up in the Style section

By jcronin | Published: February 21, 2013

In a Columbia Journalism Review article, Sarah Jaffe, JOUR ’09, discusses the placement of women’s issues and why they sometimes end up in the Style section.

It helps to look at the history of the Style section, says Journalism Professor Carolyn Kitch. In the 1890s, New York World published the first “Women’s Page,” the forerunner of the Style section. There, newspapers covered food, fashion, parenting and the beginnings of the women’s movement.

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Journalism’s Prof. Harper analyzes media accuracy in Washington Times piece

By jcronin | Published: January 21, 2013

In the days since it was revealed that Notre Dame football player Manti T’eo’s girlfriend never actually existed, along with a few other factual speed bumps in other news items, journalists have had time to reflect on the importance in accuracy in reporting.

“Each example here undermines the credibility of all journalists. That’s about the only significant aspect for a journalist’s reputation. And the public ranks journalists as among the least credible people in the U.S.,” Harper says.

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