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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 089 269 CS 200 998 TITLE Education for Newspaper Journalists in the Seventies and Beyond; Proceedings of the Conference (Reston, Virginia, October 31-November 2, 1973). INSTITUTION American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Association for Education in Journalism. PUB DATE Nov 73 NOTE 339p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$16.20 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS Communication (Thought Transfer); *Conference Reports; Curriculum Design; *Curriculum Development; Educational Objectives; Higher Education; *Journalism; Media Research; *Newspapers; News Reporting; *Professional Training; Standards; Symposia IDENTIFIERS *Journalism Education ABSTRACT This volume contains the proceedings of a conference for newspaper journalists on problems in education. Contents include "A Summary of the Conference Sessions," "Session Summaries," "About the Working Paper Authors," "The Conference Working Paperseu "Research Papers Prepared for the Conference," "The Conference Program," and "List of Participants." The sixteen working papers, which constitute the bulk of this document, take A stand on behalf of a particular position in order to provoke discussion among journalism educators, newspaper editors and publishers, and university administrators.. Each paper has been grouped with other related papers on topics such as reporting, curriculum design, and professional standards. Working papers include "Journalism and a Liberal Education," "Non-verbal Communication," "Professionalism of the Press," "The Journalist's Boily of Knowledge," "Attitude Formation," "Economics of the Press," "New Technology," "Social Science Reporting," oProfessional Media Experience," "Professional Activity Beyond the Classroom," "Mastery of a Non-journalism Discipline," "Study of Urban Life," "Broad Understanding of the Major Issues," "Objectives of Journalism Schools," "Criticism of the Press," and "Evaluation of Journalism schools." (RB) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION &WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO. DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM 1 THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN. ATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW:OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY, Proceedings Education for Newspaper Journalists in the Seventies and Beyond Sponsored by the ANPA Foundation in cooperation with the Association for Education in Journalism The Sheraton Inn and International Conference Center Reston, Virginia October 31, November 1 and 2, 1973 American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation P.O. Box 17407, Dulles International Airport, Washington, D.C. 20041 The views expressed by the authors of these papers presented at the Conference are their own. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Trustees or staff of ANPA Foundation or of the officers or executive committee of the Association for Education in Journalism. Copyright 197 American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation Washington, D.C. "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPY- "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPY- RIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY RIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY American Newspaper Foundation Publishers Association TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING TO ERIC AND .r ANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN- UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN- STITUTE OF EOUCATION. FURTHER REPRO- STITUTE 07 EDUCATION. FURTHER REPRO- DUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE- DUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE- QUIRES PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OUIRES PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER." OWNER.' Preface In 1971 Dr. John Hulteng of the University of Oregon surveyed newspaper editors and journalism educators +.o determine what kind of professional performance they expected from recent journalism school graduates. Dr. Hulteng found wide differences in perceptions and ex- pectations that dramatized a long existing gulf between many profession- al newspapermen and journalism educators, Bridging this gulf was one of the principal objectives of the ANPA Foundation Conference on "Ed- ucation for Newspaper Journalists in the Seventies and Beyond," held in Reston, Virginia in the fall of 1973. Planning for the conference had begun two years earlier under the guidance of the late Dr. Chilton R, Bush, then Director of the ANPA. News Research Center, and Dr. Hillier Krieghbaum, then President of the Association for Education in Journalism and Professor of Journalism at New York University. A planning committee under the general direction of the chairman of the joint Journalism Education Committee of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the Association for Edu- cation in Journalism was formed and went to work. The planning committee recognized that an effective conference must deal with the challenges which face journalism education: rising Enrollments, a rapidly changing society which continuously demands more and better information and, a need for better definition and understanding of the journalism discipline.An effective conference needed the parti- cipation not only of journalism educators, publishers and editors, but also university administrators. The planning committee also knew that merely bringing people together for a discussion was not enough. Much advanced preparation by the planners and by the participants would be necessary. The committee proceeded to draw up a series of propositions which set forth seventeen challenge areas in journalism education. Experts were commissioned to write papers based on these propositions. Sixteen manuscripts were ultimately completed.These papers comprise the bulk of this volume. The papers treat a variety of topics: the nature of the journalism curriculum, the non-journalism curriculum, the preparation of journalism school faculty, the role of research in journalism among others. An outstanding group of educators and newspaper executives were drawn to Reston and participated in the three-day meeting.Each participant had been asked to read the papers prior to his coming to the meeting. At the conference the paper authors summarized their papers; spirited discussion followed each presentation. A summary of these dis- cussions together with an overall summary of the proceedings are included in this compilation. iii Much credit for the success of the conference belongs to the Associatioa for Education in Journalism whose presidents, first Hillier Krieghbaum, then Neale Copple of the University of Nebraska and now Bruce Westley of the University of Kentucky have lent euthusiastic sup- port. Credit also belongs to the hard work of Eugene C, Dorsey, Pub- lisher of the Gannett Rochester Newspapers and chairman of the ANPA side of the ANPA-AEJ Journalism Education Committee, and to James W. Schwartz, Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Iowa State University and co-chairman of the joint committee for AEJ. The planning committee and the entire ANPA-AEJ Committee also deserve the thanks of all. The names of these outstanding committee members are listed below. No single conference can hope to accomplish more than to set forth the boundaries of a problem and to bring about better understanding 'between the organizations and individuals involved.Both of these goals the Reston conference achieved. One editor said it well: "This con- ference was a most successful launching of a program that can have long continuing effects in helping bridge a gap which shouldn't exist at all." Stewart R. Macdonald Executive Director ANPA Foundation February 1974 iv ANPA - AEJ JOURNALISM EDUCATION COMMITTEE Mk. Eugene C. Dorsey, ANPA Chairman Mr. Staley McBrayer Gannett Newspapers, Rochester, New York News-Citizen Newspapers, Fort Worth, Texas Mr. Howard H. Hays, Jr. Mr. Paul V. Miner Riverside (Calif.) Press and Enterprise Kansas City (Mo.) Star and Times Mr. Frank Helderman, Jr. Mr. Tucker Sutherland Gadsden (Ala.) Times Hamilton (Ohio) Journal News Mr. James Kerney, Jr. Mr. Edwin P. Young Trenton (N.J.) Times Providence (R.I.) Journal and Bulletin Mr. Kenneth MacDonald Des Moines (Iowa) Register and Tribune Professor James W. Schwartz, AEJ Chairman Professor Donald Hileman Iowa State University University of Tennessee Professor John B. Adams Professor John L. Huiteng University of North Carolina University of Oregon Professor Richard W. Budd Professor Robert CaTrell Rutgers University University of Oklahoma Professor Dario PAitella Professor George W. Ridge University of Massachusetts University of Arizona Professor James C. MacDonald Ohio State University ANPA FOUNDATION CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE Professor James Carey Professor Hillier Krieghbaum University of Illinois New York University Professor William Porter Mr. Kenneth MacDonald University of Michigan Des Moines (Iowa) Register-Tribune Professor Galen Rarick Mr. John H. Colburn Ohio State University Landmark Communications, Inc., Norfolk, Va. Professor Harold L. Nelson Mr. Donald Carter University of Wisconsin Macon (Ga.) Telegraph & News Professor James W. Schwartz Mr. Eugene C. Dorsey Iowa State University Gannett Newspapers, Rochester, New York Professor John L. Hulteng University of Oregon Contents Preface iii Committee Members 1. A Summary of the Conference Sessions 1 2. Session Summaries 5 3. About the Working Paper Authors 31 4. The Conference Working Papers Journalism and a Liberal Education by Paul L. Dressel 37 Non-verbal Communication by Gene S. Graham 49 Professionalism of the Press by William E. Porter 59 The Journalist's Body of Knowledge by Howard M. Ziff
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