Seeds of Cynicism - The Undermining of Journalistic Education

Informationen zum Autor Sara-Ellen Amster is Assistant Professor of Communication at National University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego and an Ed.M. in Teaching and Curriculum from Harvard University. As a daily newspaper reporter, she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize while covering the social welfare beat for The News Journal in Wilmington, DE. Klappentext Based on a three-year ethnographic study, this book traces the operations of three high-school newspaper programs in Southern California: one serving a working-class Latino population and two serving primarily Caucasian and upper-middle class students. Seeds of Cynicism explores the differences in educators' approaches toward young journalists in each school, including their use of professional standards to explain issues of newspaper ethics, fair play, and sensationalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword: Toward a Lasting Democracy Chapter 2 Introduction: Outsider in Journalism Class Chapter 3 1. History of the High School Press Chapter 4 2. The Advantages of Advantage Chapter 5 3. Why a News Class Revisited News Chapter 6 4. Make It a Great Day-Or Not Chapter 7 5. Constructing Professional Journalists Chapter 8 6. Afterword Chapter 9 Works Cited

Product details

• Authors: Sara-Ellen Amster, Amster Sara-Ellen
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2006
• EAN: 9780761834922
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3492-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Education, Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Society & culture: general, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, Reportage & collected journalism, Organization & management of education, Educational administration & organization