college media REVIEWthe flagship publication of college media advisers, inc. Winter 2011 • vol. 48, NO.2 COLLEGE MEDIA CENSORSHIP! YEAR-IN-REVIEW MENTORING INTERNATIONAL BOOK REVIEW Working with Journalism Abroad: Sex text Millenials has China trip brings explores all benefits unexpected lessons the angles. EDITOR’S CORNER Journalism’s Role John Milton wrote Areopagitica in 1644 as his appeal to Parliament to rescind its law, enacted dur- ing the English Civil War, requiring printers of the day to be licensed by the state. In effect, the law constituted a de facto censorship of the free expression and exchange of ideas. Milton’s appeal was COLLEGE MEDIA REVIEW is an official publication of College simple: if the good Lord created good and evil but gave man reason and free will to choose between Media Advisers, Inc.; however, views the two, then the government should grant the freedom of the press to that end. “What wisdom can expressed within its pages are those of the writers and do not necessarily re- there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of evil … The light which we flect opinions of the organization or of have gained was given us, not to be ever staring on, but by it to discover onward things more remote its officers. Any writer submitting arti- cles must follow the Writer’s Guidelines from our knowledge.” I presume Milton’s eloquence and Christian logic kept the good members of included on the inside back cover. Parliament from sentencing him to a stretch in the Tower of London, given that his own treatise was published without license. CORRESPONDENCE Address circulation inquiries to: Fast-forward more than 300 years, and Walter Lippmann channeled William James when he pointed Ron Spielberger Executive Director out the role of journalism in distilling and providing meaning to the “great, buzzing, blooming confu- College Media Advisers sion” of our external existence. Landmark legislation and court decisions since have, for the most part, Department of Journalism laid the framework for that process to continue. University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152 But noble and admirable as those causes be, they’ve been successful mostly as a result of the cumula- E-mail: [email protected] tive effects of the legion of journalists who have labored in relative anonymity outside their own bai- L IAISON WITH CMA BOARD liwicks to inform their respective audiences about their own particular worlds. When you connect all OF DIRECTOrs the small dots, it’s an impressive accomplishment that connects us all (not to mention a great big dot). D avid Swartzlander Assistant Professor/Journalism Chair Too much of the national conversation about journalism seems to center on the motives, ideology and Doane College 1014 Boswell Ave. political agenda of the news media and severs that cause from the needs, if not the wants, of the public. Crete, Neb. 68333 402.826.8269 That more overarching objective first published by Milton was underscored not long ago at the funeral 402.643.5135 (cell) of one of my colleagues, Phil Record. Phil was a big wheel in Fort Worth journalism circles, where he [email protected] worked at the Star-Telegram newspaper for nearly half a century as a reporter, top-level editor and om- SU BSCRIPTION RATES budsman. He was a past president of the Society of Professional Journalists and taught ethics at Texas • One Year, $15 (foreign $17) Christian University after retiring from the newspaper. • Two Years, $27 (foreign $29) But Phil was first and foremost a newsman, and that was the nature of the tribute paid to him by CBS CMRR BOA D OF REVIEWErs Ralph Braseth “Face the Nation” moderator Bob Schieffer. Phil hired Schieffer as a cops reporter in the late 1950s. Loyola University Chicago Full disclosure, readers: Schieffer is the namesake of Texas Christian University’s journalism school). V ince Filak In his eulogy of Phil, Schieffer addressed the role of reporters in discovering and providing informa- University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Robert Jaross tion to readers. He described what Phil and that legion of reporters tackled as essential to the public’s Florida International University ability to make informed decisions in all the ways vital for a democratic society to thrive. It doesn’t Amy Kilpatrick seem, at least on the stages where freedom of the press is played out most often, that advocates of a free University of Alabama at Birmingham press frame their arguments to appeal to their audience’s self interests instead of the own. And each Warren Kozireski of us, in our large or small way, ought to remember that more essential, selfless appeal when our liveli- SUNY Brockport Kate McCarty hoods or the livelihood of our profession are threatened. (retired) Censorship on college campuses can come from the top down or from the bottom up, and Milton’s Shawn W. Murphy SUNY Plattsburgh message was lost on many college administrators and readers of student media in 2010. In this issue Ken Rosenauer of College Media Review, Daniel Reimold recounts what happened last year when administrators and Missouri Western State University readers who didn’t like what they read or heard made efforts to stop the presses or literally took matters T rum Simmons — in this case, newspapers — into their own hands and out of the general public’s. Harrisburg Area Community College Roger Soenksen And freedom of speech can be an elusive concept even for journalists invited to the party. Just read James Madison University Rich Riski’s revealing piece about the about the restrictions he encountered during a teaching mission Brian Steffen in the Republic of China. Simpson College L aura Widmer But everything’s not all gloom and doom. MaryAnn Pearson’s article reveals how advisers can capital- Northwest Missouri State University ize on the expressed needs of millennial students for the feedback they can get working with student mentors and advisers. And Pat Lauro takes a peek at Reimold’s new college text, Sex and the University. COLLEGE MEDIA REVIEW College Media Review As always, let us hear from you. (ISSN 0739-1056) is published quarterly by —Robert Bohler College Media Advisers, Inc. © 2011 CMA. 2 CMR | WINTER 2011 college media REVIEW THE FLAGSHIP PUBLICATION OF COLLEGE MEDIA ADVISERS, INC. spring 2011 • vol. 46, no.3 Contents E DITOR E ditor’s Corner Robert Bohler Student Publications Too much of the TCU Box 298060 national conversation L essons Texas Christian University 2 Fort Worth, Texas 76129 on journalism centers in Resilience Office: 817.257.6556 on perceptions of the Fax: 817.257.7133 4 The Censorship Beast reared its E-mail: [email protected] media’s agenda, severing ugly head across college campuses, MA NAGING EDITOR the cause from the shape-shifting to keep students and Beth Francesco needs, if not the wants, advisers on their toes in 2010. This Student Publications of the public it serves, University of Texas at Arlington year in review takes a close look at Arlington, TX 76019 writes CMR Editor in the trials that kept us on our toes, Office: 817.272.3188 Fax: 817.272.5009 Chief Robert Bohler. But and the lessons in resilience we can E-mail: [email protected] that shouldn’t distract take from our peers. student journalists and ASS OCIATE EDITOR Daniel Reimold L illian Lodge Kopenhaver their advisers from the 335 Journalism and Mass Communication mission. Florida International University, ACII North Miami, FL 33181 Office: 305.919.5625 Fax: 305.919.5203 E-mail: [email protected] ART DIRECTOR Adamw Dre University of Texas at Arlington E-mail: [email protected] T eaching Abroad: China 2009-2011 OFFICERS Mixing the business of teaching journalism with the pleasure of & BOARD OF DIRECTORS 9 international travel sounds like the stuff of dreams. But doing so can lead to a rude awakening when you’re in a country that actively controls the PRESIDENT Sally Renaud messages. Eastern Illinois University Rich Riski VICE PrESIDENT D avid Swartzlander Doane College V ICE PrESIDENT, MEmbER SERVICES Chris Poore Motivating Millenials University of Kentucky Working with millennials doesn’t have to be a tug-of-war between the wills of SER CRETA Y 13 older and younger generations, especially when the common cause of good Rachele Kanigel Wright College journalism is at stake. Author Mary Ann Pearson explores was to mentor and motivate the millennial generation. TrS EA URER Mary Ann Pearson Annette Forbes Iowa State University Imm EDIATE PasT PRESIDENT D esign Wizardry Sparks Passion for Potter Page Ken Rosenauer One design student tapped into her inner wizard for the much-anticipated Missouri Western State University 16 Harry Potter premier, casting a layout that muggles across the nation delighted ADVISER ADVOCATE TASK in. Find out how she worked her magic - and how to create some of your own FORCE using special sections. Ken Rosenauer Missouri Western State University Daniel Reimold H EADQUARTERS STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ron Spielberger Sex Columns Take Center Stage University of Memphis Sex and the University: Celebrity, Controversy & ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 20 a Student Journalism Revolution documents the FOR MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS rise of the college newspaper sex column since L aura Beth Barnes the late 1990s. Find out how it stacks up. College Media Advisers Pat Lauro TE CHNOLOGY AND WEBMASTER Bill Neville University of Alabama at Birmingham CENSORSHIP COLLEGECOLLEGE MEDIAMEDIA CENSORSHIPCENSORSHIP ~ THEFT AND TRASHING - ~One morning in March, a majority of the players on the Texas has a lot in common with Mys A&M University-Commerce football team worked together to steal almost 2,000 copies of The East Texan student newspaper. The issue tique.