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- Title
Information Seminars For Journalism Students: Everybody Wins.
- Authors
Haynes, Jim; Shoemaker, Pamela J.; Lacy, Stephen
- Abstract
One may teach them how to write and edit, but one generally doesn't give journalism students the facts they need to write intelligent articles about the environment, the economy, or any other special-interest topic. While most journalism graduates begin their first reporting jobs armed with a little information about a wide variety of topic areas, they generally don't know much about any particular issue area they'll be writing about. Some industry organizations are trying to educate both journalists and journalism students, under the assumption that reporters will write fairer, more accurate stories if they are armed with the facts first. This article discusses the significance of information seminars during held to acquaint outstanding journalism students with the concerned industry and to improve their ability to report on a major industry. Student's knowledge and attitudes toward the electric utility industry changed significantly during the seminar. Participants averaged 2.5 correct answers on the knowledge pre-test and 6.2 correct answers on the post-test. The difference was statistically significant at the p < .001 level using a two-tailed t-test.
- Subjects
TEXAS; AUSTIN (Tex.); UNITED States; JOURNALISM education; HIGHER education; STUDENT teaching; ELECTRIC utilities; BUSINESS writing; SEMINARS; EDISON Electric Institute Inc.; COLLEGE teaching; EDUCATION
- Publication
Public Relations Quarterly, 1985, Vol 30, Issue 1, p10
- ISSN
0033-3700
- Publication type
Article