Reports on a survey of journalism programs, showing how internships have become an integral part of many curricula. Discusses characteristics of journalism internship programs. (RL)

Considers three difficulties with making an internship program part of the core curriculum in a college journalism program. (RL)

Describes the direct entry and pre-entry procedures for undertaking a journalism career in England. Lists examples of types of programs that the British use. (RL)

Describes a journalism internship program at an Alaskan university that bridges the gap between theory and practice by requiring a series of reports that make students reflect on their media experiences and discover how these experiences relate to concepts studied in coursework within and outside the journalism department. (HTH)

Findings from a national study of 113 schools show that more copywriting and internship courses have been added to advertising school programs than courses in any other subject areas. Among supporting courses, marketing has been most frequently added as a requirement. (RL)

Describes a cooperative journalism education program that intersperses work with time on campus in (1) a parallel co-op, in which students work part-time and attend classes part-time;or (2) an alternative co-op, in which students work off-campus one semester and return to classes the next semester. (HTH)

Presents 10 teaching tips in the areas of advertising, news reporting and writing, interviewing, radio broadcasting, videotape editing, and internships. (HTH)

Explores the issue of mass communications internships for credit: their cognitive value; models for pedagogy, organization, supervision, and academic link-up; and selection of students most likely to benefit. Urges the incorporation of more complex interdisciplinary theory into the design of internships. (SR)

Results of two studies on the effects of journalism internships suggest that students value their media experience highly and develop more realistic judgments of the media as a result of internship experiences, but at the expense of their evaluations of their educational training. (RL)

Provides specific examples of journalism teachers' working summer internships at newspapers and television news departments. Illustrates the value of teachers' occasionally "tuning up" their journalism skills. (RL)

Provides evidence from a survey of 113 schools to confirm that public relations is an expanding field of study in journalism units. (RL)

Reports on how a summer course in journalism developed into practical, on-the-job experience. (RL)

Summarizes the findings of a 1981 national survey of top news executives to determine their willingness to cooperate in work-study programs, internships, teleconferences, and summer workshops for faculty members. (HOD)

Determines the areas of cooperation and the extent of resource sharing between schools of journalism and mass communication and public broadcasting stations licensed to their institutions. Finds that sharing of resources between schools and stations is common. Finds that most academic units offer student internships. Makes recommendations for…

Examines perceptions and activities of advertising educators concerning the gap between advertising education and the advertising industry. Finds that most advertising educators have extensive experience in the advertising industry. Identifies differing opinions over the time that should be devoted to research and the value of doctoral level…