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ERIC Number: EJ960669
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug-4
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1557-5411
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The Write Stuff
Ruffins, Paul
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, v28 n13 p13-15 Aug 2011
Black journalism professors live and breathe writing and research, yet there is very little information about their experiences. Virtually everyone interviewed for this article thinks that Black journalism professors are confronting more challenges than almost any other group of educators. They have to deal with many students who have very poor skills in the traditional journalistic requirements of writing, editing, and speaking standard English while also doing it clearly and correctly under deadline pressures. At the same time, they have to also teach the new skills required by an industry where traditional outlets such as newspapers and TV networks are losing audience share to an ever-growing array of technologically savvy online media outlets. In this article, Black journalism professors reflect on their teaching experiences, and offer solutions for the future of the profession.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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