Conventional journalism, like higher education, has been challenged by new high-tech methods of delivery, among many other things. Money's tight; public skepticism, high. But the new journalism, also much like higher education, is more complicated than it seems. Journalism isn't going away. It's changing. With notable exceptions, the higher…

Argues that literary journalism is no threat to fundamental news writing and that it does not place style above substance. (FL)

Describes how a new journalism writing style energized writing composition students to write in meaningful, exciting ways about matters close to them. Explains what New Journalism is and how students can be instructed in it. (TB)

Offers a method for teaching students about ethical journalism and new journalism using a favorite short story and asking questions such as "How is truth in fiction different from the truth in a news story?" (SRT)

Describes a new journalism course offered at Fordham University (New York) that uses four devices: scene-by-scene construction, realistic dialog, third-person point of view, and symbolic recording of entire events. (HOD)