Journalism Education

This 40-minute video presentation provides an overview of the First Amendment and its implications for the media and campus speech.

When I was a cub reporter, an editor told me, “The best way to improve as a writer is to have someone rip your work to shreds.” Now I'm ...

These days, journalists need to be their own entrepreneurs and promote themselves – and their work – like a brand. There are many and varied...

     When writing a letter to the editor, first, you must choose a topic. It should be a current issue. Don’t harp on something that has bee...

Why Blog? There are two big reasons to blog: it will make you a better journalist and it will help you get a job. A blog is as valuable to ...

Many journalists nowadays are podcasting – broadcasting audio and video online. This slideshow below offers a primer on how to podcast.

These days, journalists are expected to be able to do it all – report a story in front of a camera, online and in the newspaper. Even if you...

Sometimes the Internet is referred to as the “Wild West” when it comes to media law. But this isn’t a good analogy because the Internet does...

Where do you get your news from? Do you watch CNN? Read Slate? Subscribe to the New York Times ? What’s your opinion of the news sources you...

An enterprise story is an in-depth news story on a topic that is unusual, interesting or surprising. For example, you could identify a contr...

Find someone you think is interesting and newsworthy (someone who’s spending her summer doing something interesting, has overcome difficulti...