Journalism: Student & Faculty Work

Faculty Expert Quoted in New York Times

Professor John C. Watson was quoted in a recent New York Times  article about the ethical issues behind API's partnership with Newsweek.

Professor's Blog Sheds Light on Media-Driven Myths

Professor W. Joseph Campbell's blog, Media Myth Alert, calls attention to the appearance and publication of media-driven myths. Campbell's forthcoming book, Getting It Wrong, also addresses and examines well-known stories that have become tales exemplary of media exaggeration.

Students Produce Professional Work in Advanced Reporting

Undergraduate students in prof. Jane Hall's Advanced Reporting class researched and developed a chosen beat involving a federal agency.  For their final article, they covered a multifaceted issue, including the treatment of war veterans, proposed regulation of nutritional supplements, arts education and the proposed "arts czar," the future of solar energy in the current economy and other important topics.

Read Traci Brooks' article on the "arts czar" under the Obama administration and Alysse Wolice's story about the impact of recent war veterans not seeking mental counseling out of fears that record of their treatement would hurt their ability to get jobs.

Student Earns Byline in the Washington Post

SOC senior Jewel Edwards, an intern at the Washington Post online publication The Root, earned a byline for "Green Collar Heroes" a story about community members advancing the green movement in innovative ways.

Gentile's Piece Nominated for an Emmy Award.

Bill Gentile's documentary Afghanistan: The Forgotten War has been nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award in the Outstanding Continuous Coverage of a Major News Story category.  Bill Gentile’s film Nurses Needed was also submitted for consideration for an Emmy by PBS and was named the most popular show airing on the PBS program NOW in 2008.  Genile is also getting a lot of media attention, including a profile in Quill and an article in Variety.

Broadcast Students Produce Podcast

SOC broadcast students in professor Rick Rockwell's class produce a podcast called "Zero Degrees" which focuses on national and international issues. The podcast has successfully reached hundreds of listeners on four continents in at least a dozen countries outside the U.S. It is distributed via iTunes, under 0° and on the Web. Read the "Zero Degrees" blog or Listen to the podcast.

Student Analyzes Latin American News in Podcast

In the scope of his independent study, senior Dan Aspan, has been creating a weekly five minute summary podcast of Latin American news. Listen to the podcast.

Student Presents Honors Capstone Project at Conference

Elizabeth Royall will present her research into news coverage and reconstruction of Afghanistan at the 23rd National Conference on Undergraduate Research in LaCrosse, WI. Her research is drawn from her honors capstone project, which she completed under the supervision of Joseph Campell.  Elizabeth was also one of five recipients of the AU Honors Scholars Award.

Students Document Inauguration for NPR and CBSnews

NPR and CBSnews teamed with prof David Johnson and his Digital Skills for Reporters class to capture individual stories, photos and video for aggregation on inaugurationreport.com

Prof. Angie Chuang is now a regualr contributor to Poynter's Diversity at Work blog, which focuses on new ways to encourage journalistic storytelling from different perspectives.