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As the entrepreneurial spirit
wanes and the first flush of economic enthrallment with the Internet
fades, I'm convinced that academic learning sites will grow bigger and
more important. Education, after all, is not primarily about
making money!
Professional Organizations:
AEJMC (Assn. for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm.):
http://www.aejmc.org
- With headquarters at the U. of South Carolina, AEJMC is probably
the largest journalism organization in the country.
- It has a distinct academic bias, but publishes some of the best
research on journalism that's available.
ACEJMC:
http://www2.ku.edu/~acejmc
- This is the branch of AEJMC that tracks academic departments of
journalism. Probably of more interest to professors than to reporters
and editors, but a valuable resource for all with an interest in
journalism education.
American Press Institute (API):
http://www.newspaper.org
- One of the premier educational organizations for working
journalists. API envisions itself as a true service organization to
"the newspaper industry" and as such offers extensive (and expensive)
courses at most levels of the profession.
- API is now offering online ("extended
learning") courses.
- API also operates close alliances with the American Society of Newspaper Editors
(ASNE) and with The Freedom
Forum.
BBC Education:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education
- The home of British Broadcasting's educational unit. There
appears to be something for every level of education here, some
sophisticated, some simple.
- A fine example of what the media can do to educate its
customers. Every editor and journalism educator needs to explore this
site.
Freedom Forum (free!):****Top notch site.
http://www.freedomforum.org
- The Freedom Forum is a sponsor of vast programs for journalism
education and the promotion of journalism in general, but its site,
called free!, is a treasure-chest
of news related to journalism, especially issues surrounding the First
Amendment.
- Several of the Forum's excellent publications are distributed
free and are well worth an informed journalist's attention; it also
sponsors
outstanding research and writing fellowships.
- The site, free!, could be
the best academic site for journalists that is not formally attached to
a university or college journalism program.
- free! also provides a link
to daily news
headlines.
Media Education Foundation:
http://www.igc.apc.org/mef
- How the media affect education seems to be the main focus of
this group. It began in 1991 at the University of Massachusetts and has
developed some impressive research on the media, especially video.
- Many educational links related to the media not found at other
sites are listed here.
New York Times Learning Network:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning
- A network to connect teachers of grades 6-12, their pupils and
parents to the most comprehensive news and education resources on the
WWW.
- This site takes advantage of the Times' archives, and includes
lesson plans, interactive quizzes on the news, and chances to link
up with reporters from the newspaper. In fact, while these
questions to reporters are designed for young pupils, most journalists
can extract some cogent lessons from the seasoned reporters' responses.
***Worth a
visit by working journalists.
Nieman Fellowships:
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu
- Home of the most prestigious fellowship for journalists.
- A good site for high powered discussion of issues within
journalism, especially in the "Nieman Reports" quarterly.
Pew Center for Civic Journalism:
http://www.pewcenter.org/
- The organization that offers grants, workshops and seminars for
journalists interested in, as it says, "better ways of reporting the
news in ways that help to re-engage people in public life."
- Some are convinced "civic journalism" is a code name for
"marketing-driven journalism."
Poynter Institute:
http://www.poynter.org
- For the education of journalists, Poynter leads the way.
Increasingly, courses are aiming at research online.
- Especially important is Poynter's weekly list of hot news Web
sites.
- More than just an educational forum, Poynter provides lots of
links of interest to journalists, and it is expanding its operations
from its
Florida base to the West Coast.
USAToday Education site:
http://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/careers/journalism/
- Keeping up with the New York Times in form if not in substance.
- Neither of them keeps up with the BBC's Education site.
- Good for a look at journalism, but not much on journalism education.
Schools
and Programs in Journalism:
*****Click here for
the USNews rankings of J-schools and their
programs.
(These rankings gravitate toward state-supported or heavily
endowed schools. I'd like to see someone do an evaluation of
small-school
programs in the manner in which USNews evaluates
undergraduate
colleges.)
My list is far from exhaustive. I'm
trying to check sites carefully and give an honest assessment of the
Web pages and the schools.
The College Board's Web site
provides a place to locate schools by state, majors, setting (rural or
urban), etc.
| Colleges
and Universities (All)
An ambitious site hosted at MIT that delivers as close to what
it promises in trying to list every college and university in the world
that has a Web site.
At mid-summer, 1998, the MIT list was at 3,040 institutions.
There are more, to be sure, but this may be a list to challenge the
list of the College Board.
Another valuable site that lists smaller colleges with
excellent academic offerings, many of whom treat journalism as a
liberal art, is
the Consortium of
Liberal Arts Colleges.
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Guide to Online Journalism Programs:
http://www.ojr.org/
- This directory is maintained by the Online Journalism Review at
the University of Southern California.
- Go to "Resources" and click on "Education programs" for a
valuable collection of places to find training in New Media.
- Another site that may be of value for journalists aiming to know
computers and business is the site hosted by UCLA's extension division,
known
as
OnlineLearning.net
A short listing of
J-schools
(and schools with journalism offerings)
A note for journalism students (and potential
students):
One should be aware that journalism schools are much like
law schools, art schools, or creative writing programs; that is, they
frequently find homes in the major state universities and build massive
departments with lots of provincial "influence." Law schools have
traditionally and informally divided into so-called "national" schools
and "local" schools. National
schools are designed to prepare lawyers to work anywhere, especially in
the scholarly pursuit of the law. Local schools are more geared to
filling
the ranks of the courtrooms and law offices in the state wherein they
reside.
Art schools and creative writing programs, similarly, tend to divide
into
academic and "studio" programs. The academic programs are heavy on the
history
and literature of the field, while the studio programs tend to dive
into
painting, sculpting, writing, etc.
While not exactly identical, there's a sense in which journalism
schools can be likewise divided, but the division goes more along the
lines of
1) theoretical or academic journalism (most often subsumed under the
rubric of "communications" and linked closely with advertising and
public relations); and
2) practical or vocational journalism that seeks to put reporters and
editors into key positions in the print and broadcast journalism field.
How does one tell the difference? All criteria are
artificial, of course, but a trustworthy indicator lies in the
backgrounds of the faculty and the demands upon them. Academic programs
tend to be heavy with Ph.D.'s and a great deal of emphasis on scholarly
research. Some journalism schools, operating under the pressures of
tenure-conscious deans, refuse to hire journalists
without doctoral degrees, and someone who has devoted him- or herself
to
academic research generally has limited practical experience. Practical
programs,
on the other hand, are more open to hiring non-academics who have
extensive
experience with newspapers or broadcast outlets. A trick to identifying
which
schools are which is to read the ads they publish for faculty. Because
of
the high academic standards, many programs would not hire -- in fact,
may
be prevented from doing so by tenure rules -- some of the top
reporters,
editors and broadcast producers currently working in the field.
While there is no direct correlation, it appears many of the
large, public
institutions operate under academic standards imposed by laws and
regulations
and not by the wisdom of putting the best teachers in the classroom.
Smaller,
private institutions tend to be more open to journalists as
practitioners rather than as scholars. Smaller programs also tend to
insist that journalism take its place among the liberal arts, often
placing less emphasis on craft and more emphasis on producing
thoughtful and well-read writers and editors.
Beginning journalism students, in particular, should be aware that
there is a long history of tension between academic journalists and
those who practice
in print and broadcast media. While it is no longer the case, there was
a
time within the last two or three decades that many working editors
were
skeptical if not downright hostile to hiring a student who had majored
in
journalism. Conversely, many academics remain skeptical if not hostile
to
the idea of hiring professors who come out of print or broadcast
journalism without the requisite scholarly research degrees.
U. of Alabama College of
Communications:
http://www.ccom.ua.edu/Journalism/index.html
- This takes one to the journalism department in
the massive College of Communications.
- Usually hires practicioner as
journalist-in-residence.
- Also provides interesting news about journalism at the Alabama school.
University of Alaska at Anchorage
(also
at Fairbanks):
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/jpc/
- Two places at this site are of particular
interest: The electronic reading room and especially its link to "Job
Hunting Help." As do many other academic departments, UAA tries to help
its graduates locate jobs.
- If cold Alaska is one's dream, a sister
institution at Fairbanks
also offers programs in Journalism and Broadcasting.
American University:
http://www.soc.american.edu
- A private school in the heart of Washington,
D.C. Like most schools in D.C., American attempts to keep tempo with
the federal government and what it has to offer students.
- American U. offers a part-time graduate program
with classes on weekends. Sounds like a great idea for working stiffs,
but
one has to be in D.C. to take advantage.
- A special interest attached to the American U.
site is a journalist's guide to resources related to remote sensing.
Arizona State University
http://cronkite.pp.asu.edu/
- The home of the Walter Cronkite School of
Communications.
- The kind of Web site that makes the school
attractive to prospective students, which is what most academic Web
sites are trying to accomplish.
Baylor University:
http://www.baylor.edu/journalism
- An example of a small university department
struggling to be an accredited program.
- Their hearts are in the right place. No
gimmicks, just reporting, editing, history, law and ethics.
Berkeley (U. of California at Berkeley):
http://www.journalism.berkeley.edu/
- This is really a journalism resources page, but
one can backtrack to learn about the school.
- For many years, Berkeley's most famous faculty
member was the prolific Ben Bagdikian, a formidable and knowledgeable
critic of
the profession.
Boston University School of Communications:
http://www.bu.edu/COM
- One of the largest and most diverse
communications programs in the country, and one that puts great stress
on professional
training, something many academic programs disdain.
Bowling Green (Ohio) State University:
http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/journalism/index.html
- The mecca of popular culture study in the U.S.
ought to have a decent journalism program.
Carleton School of
Journalism and Mass Communications
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada):
http://temagami.carleton.ca/jmc/
- This large Canadian university boasts a
department with 900 undergraduate and graduate students in journalism
and MC.
- The site contains a small link to several
important Canadian journalism sites.
University of
California at Los Angeles (UCLA Extension)
http://www.onlinelearning.net/
- This enormous offering of online courses from
one of the nation's largest universities illustrates how online
education and so-called "distance learning is catching on.
California State University at Fullerton (CSUF)
http://communications.fullerton.edu/DeptOfComm/index.html
- A large department with several faculty that
have important practical experience.
- Journalism is part of the larger Communications
Department, as it is at several larger schools.
Columbia U. School of Journalism:
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu
- Believed by many to be the premier journalism
school in the U.S. It provides only a graduate program in
journalism.
- Might also be one of the best single reference
sites for journalists doing research. (Snoop around its "resources.")
- ****Columbia's
Journalism School recently began a joint program with the
university's Religion department that leads to a double
master's
degree in Religion and Journalism. One of Columbia's
faculty
members, Ari Goldman, is a former New York Times religion writer and
author
of the book, The Search for God at Harvard.
| An example of Columbia's workshops:
Covering
the Religions of Israel/Ari Goldman
Israel
is the cradle of the world's three great monotheistic religions and
remains a center of many of their numerous off-shoots. This course
explores the religions
of Israel by looking at their history and contemporary practice, both
in
New York and in Israel. Each student is expected to become and expert
on
a particular faith, writing stories that are shared with the entire
class. At mid-semester, the class takes a trip to Israel (at no extra
cost to the students; financed by a Scripps-Howard grant) where the
reporting and writing continues. The class visits a variety of
religious communities, mostly in the north and in Jerusalem, for both
touring and reporting purposes. During the trip, students file daily
reports that are posted on the School's Web site. At the conclusion of
the course, students publish their works in a
special collection.
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Duquesne University:
http://www.duq.edu/liberalarts/comm/comhome.html
- The school of journalism may be one of the
underrated blue-collar programs in the country. Part of the school's
journalism program aims at training journalists for working online.
- One excellent feature of this site is "The Digital Duke," the
student online newspaper that leads browsers into lists of national
newspapers, international newspapers (good list!), and most of the
newspapers in Pennsylvania that are online.
- Duquesne is a Roman Catholic institution
operated by the Holy Ghost Fathers (CSSp).
University of Florida
http://www.jou.ufl.edu/commres/aca6.htm
- This school provides one of the best lists of
journalism schools in North America.
- Use this site as an index to schools of
journalism.
- This is also home of The Brechner Center, a
resource institute and program for journalists.
George Mason University:
http://fenweb.gmu.edu/library/fen/netsrc/commun.html
- A fine listing of journalism resources from the
library at George Mason University School of Communications. Backtrack
from here
to learn more about this school and its growing writing programs as
well
as finding several other academic libraries in Virginia.
- For those with a serious bent toward "Literary
Journalism," George Mason is the headquarters of the Associated Writing Programs.
Gordon College (Massachusetts):
http://www.gordon.edu/communication/
- An example of a small liberal arts college that
offers journalism taught from a critical perspective.
- A major part of the journalism curriculum is an
intense internship with a regional media outlet.
- Gordon's journalism offerings are part of the
Department of Communications and Theatre Arts.
Goucher College (Maryland):
http://www.goucher.edu/academics/academics_index.html
Goucher
has become the Mecca of so-called "creative nonfiction," the latest
rubric for what many know as "literary journalism" or "the new
journalism."
It also recently
put a professional journalist in the office of president.
Look for its
graduate program leading to a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative
Nonfiction.
It also runs the Mid-Atlantic
Creative Nonfiction Summer Writers Conference. (Track it from
this academic index.)
University of Georgia:
http://www.grady.uga.edu
- This is the site to visit to find out about the
Peabody awards.
Johns Hopkins University:
http://www.jhu.edu
- Not a journalism program by the usual
standards,
but the Writing program at Johns Hopkins (check English Dept.) has a
specialty in non-fiction science writing where some of the best science
journalists teach and train. This is an M.A. program only.
University of
Kansas:
William Allen White School of Journalism:
http://www.ukans.edu/~jschool/
- They generally take their print journalism
pretty seriously on the plains, much in the tradition of William Allen
White. This is a good example of a fine school there.
- Offers lots of information for potential
students. It will help if you have all the multimedia hardware and
software to view their fine previews.
Kansas State University:
http://www.jmc.ksu.edu/
- Home of the The A.Q. Miller School of
Journalism
and Mass Communications.
- Among the good items at this site is a link to
the Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media.
Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard
U.:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/
- Where intellectual journalists go to write
books. A fine collection of reporter's resources is linked to this
site. This appears to be a haven for political animals.
- Search its library
for
valuable information and some of its teachers' resources via its fine search engine.
University of King's College (Halifax, Nova
Scotia):
http://www.ukings.ns.ca/nnn/nnn.html
- This is the school's NovaNewsNet, a daily,
online newspaper produced by the student body. It shuts down when
school is out.
- The school's tiny journalism department has
committed deeply to training students for online journalism.
- King's College is an 800-student school
affiliated with Dalhousie University in Halifax, the largest university
in the Maritime provinces.
Louisiana Tech.:
http://eb.journ.latech.edu
- One of the richest resources at any academic
site on the Web.
University of Maryland:
http://www.journalism.umd.edu/
- One of the largest and most productive of the
nation's journalism schools. This is also the home of the American Journalism Review.
- Capital News Service is a working bureau of the
college and operates out of the state capitol of Maryland, Annapolis.
- The Journalism program in 1999 separated itself
by discontinuing its advertising and public relations tracks, which now
operate in a separate department.
- This site also links up with "A Journalist's Guide to the
Internet," a guide produced by one of the school's professors.
Medill School of Journalism at
Northwestern University
http://www.medill.nwu.edu
- Considered by many to be one of the three or
four top journalism schools in the United States.
Miami University of Ohio:
http://www.muohio.edu
- Miami's journalism offerings are firmly rooted
in its English department, the largest department in the school.
Students come away with a solid literary foundation.
- Journalism students have also taken part in
live news coverage through a program operated in conjunction with the
Dayton Daily News and five or six other Ohio university journalism
programs.
- Its graduate
school focuses on Mass Media studies.
U. of Missouri:
http://www.missouri.edu
- Missouri has a reputation as the most practical
school of journalism, emphasizing the nuts and bolts of reporting and
editing.
When searchers get to the university's home page, they should type in
the
key word "journalism" and be treated to a smorgasbord that will keep
the
most avid browser busy for months; perhaps years. A virtual university
journalism education online. It also houses the collection of
prizewinning news
photographs.
- Don't leave this site without visiting the
student Daily Missourian -- DIGMO --
or the Broadcast Journalism Department's fine new site.
- U. Mo. Columbia also offers numerous extension
listings.
- Incidentally, the U. of Missouri has a fine
program in science journalism.
MIT's College and University Home Page Directory:
***MIT announced in April
2001 that it will post all of its course offerings, without charge, on
the Internet. This was approved by faculty who recognized that
the spirit of education in a democracy does not put a price on
knowledge but instead offers it freely to all who come. Read the New
York Times dispatch for more information about this enlightened
decision. (I'm not certain how long the Times story will be
available, but keep posted for updates on MIT's adventure.)
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
- Not exactly a journalism site, but one can
navigate to the journalism programs once one finds the school of
choice. At last
count, this directory claimed over 3,000 schools in its listing.
- MIT is also home to the Research Program on Communications
Policy for anyone interested in the development of the Internet
and the Web and
regulations thereto appertaining.
- A recent survey listed MIT as the most wired
university in the nation.
- No one should leave this site without visiting
the school's Media Lab
research program.
University of Nebraska at
Lincoln:
http://jet.unl.edu/coj/
- The College of Journalism praised in the NAA
magazine, Presstime, offers a graduate degree via distance learning and
online courses.
University of Nevada, Reno:
http://www.unr.edu/unr/journalism/index.html
Population
is growing here. This site covers the journalism department in
all
its facets.
New York University:
http://journalism.nyu.edu
- NYU offers both undergraduate and graduate
programs. If one goes to this site for journalism resources, track the
graduate program.
- A nice feature is that the site puts a browser
into the school's library where the resources for journalists can be
tracked.
- NYU is home to one of the most vocal proponents
of "civic journalism," Prof. Jay Rosen.
E.W. Scripps
School
of Journalism (at Ohio University):
http://www.scripps.ohiou.edu/
- A research program that puts lots of emphasis
on
newspapers and especially on what it calls its "total editing" program.
U. of Oregon
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/
- The U. of Oregon has one of the Internet's most
extensive listings
of courses in journalism. I picked this one because the prof.
tries to list resources for journalists in much the same fashion that
I'm trying to do so.
- The College
of Education at U. of Oregon provides special training
materials
in setting up computers, software, etc. In addition, one can find an
introduction to search engines. More importantly, U. of Oregon is home
of the Media Literacy Project.
University of Queensland
(Brisbane, Australia):
http://www.uq.edu.au/~mlbweave
- I'm not certain what grade of journalism
program
they have here, but their special library liaison for education and
journalism, Belinda Weaver, maintains a clean and efficient site filled
with Internet resources for Australian journalists.
Regent University School of
Journalism (Virginia Beach, Va.):
http://www.regent.edu/acad/schcom/ma/sch_jrn.html
- A fairly high-powered journalism program here
with very conservative Christian roots. The school was founded by
televangelist Pat Robertson, who serves as a figurehead still.
- The Journalism program operates on the main
campus and also through a fledgling graduate program in Washington, D.C.
Rochester Institute of Technology:
http://www.rit.edu
- In the heart of Kodak-land, this school has a
reputation for turning out fine photographers and photo technicians.
- RIT also offers distance learning options.
Ryerson Polytechnic University:
http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/
- Surprising as it may seem coming from a
technical university, one of the best Canadian journalism schools
resides at Ryerson.
St. Michael's
College (Burlington, Vermont):
http://academics.smcvt.edu/journalism/jowebpages/welcome/welcome.htm
- St. Michael's straddles Burlington and
Winooski,
two cities in northeastern Vermont, so you'll see its mailing address
listed
in both places.
- For a small Roman Catholic college, St. Mike's
has a strong journalism program, dependent heavily on professors
trained in
"civic journalism" at New York University.
- It also boasts long-time adjunct faculty
members from the staff of the near-by Gannett newspaper, the Burlington Free Press.
- Also has close connections with the Vermont
Press Association, a fine little press organization.
San Francisco State University:
http://www.journalism.sfsu.edu/www/sch-int/sch-int.htm
- The department of Journalism's site is a
straightforward link to resources, scholarships and job opportunities
for students.
Temple University:
http://www.scat.temple.edu/jpra/
- Temple runs programs in London and Tokyo (not
much in journalism in Tokyo) as well as an extensive program in
Philadelphia.
- A great location for CARR research is Edward J.
Trayes' encyclopedic Journalist's
Compassat this site.
- For lovers of the esoteric and the curious,
SCAT is the acronym for School of Communications and Theater.
University of Texas at Austin (main UT campus):
http://www.utexas.edu/coc/journalism
- Probably the biggest journalism program in the
Southwest, if not the nation.
- While big programs generally balance out on the
political leanings of their faculty members, U. Texas journalism is the
home of some extremely conservative views.
- One of its professors, Dr. Marvin Olasky, is
the editor of the conservative evangelical magazine, World, which is
almost militant in its conservatism. In fact, many conservative
evangelicals would distance themselves from Olasky's views.
- For an outstanding and nearly complete listing
of schools of journalism in Texas, one should visit the site of the
Texas Daily Newspaper Association, which lists University departments
throughout the state.
Theological Schools of North America:
http://www.fuller.edu/provost/seminaries/
- I list this because of my interest in religion
and the media. One won't find many seminaries with journalism courses,
which
is too bad. On the other hand, one won't find many j-schools with
religion
reporting programs (see Columbia for a major
exception).
- A list maintained at the Web site of Fuller
Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., probably the largest
evangelical seminary
in the country.
- It lists 313 theological schools in the U.S.
and Canada that maintain Web sites, not all of them accredited or
endorsed.
Virginia
Commonwealth University
School of Mass Communications:
http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/mac/
- A hot place for computer-assisted reporting
training.
U. of Western
Ontario (Canada):
http://www.uwo.ca/journ
- A graduate school of journalism.
- This site also maintains a posting of jobs at Canadian news
organizations for journalism graduates and others (though it appears to
go lengthy periods without updating).
- Keep in mind that employment in Canada is
difficult to come by for U.S. citizens; Canadians are almost always
given preference.
U. of Wisconsin at Madison:
http://cpn.journalism.wisc.edu
- Has lots of links to journalism in the state.
Also includes interesting tests for entering journalism students and
one of the finest student newspapers online.
- One of the largest extension course
catalogs leading to a certificate program can be found at Madison's
site.
- Science
behind the news is the specialty here recommended by the
National Institute of Science Education.
- This site also has one of the best online "Writing Centers."
Courses
online (or nearly):
Colleges and universities,
initially worried with the growth of online education, are for the most
part rushing to offer courses online. In many ways, academic
institutions are like newspapers, they're anxious about revenue and
profit in the online world. As the anxieties fade and the profits
appear, however, the number of schools offering education online is
increasing faster than anyone can keep up with them. The quality of
online education must be questioned, however; authentic education is a
personal, one-to-one challenge.
In this regard, MIT is to be
honored and congratulated for its decision to utilize the Internet for
the distribution of knowledge rather than for commercial gain (See NYTimes
story of April 4, 2001).
Our tendency in the digital
age,
I fear, is to substitute information acquisition for genuine education.
Nevertheless, for online course reference, see the MIT list of colleges and universities or the Online Journalism Review's list.
OnlineLearning.net:
http:/www.onlinelearning.net
OnlineLearning.net, developed at
UCLA,
offers courses from the University of San Diego, the California CPA
Education
Foundation, and curriculum materials publisher Houghton Mifflin.
All instructor-led courses offered through
OnlineLearning.net provide academic or professional credit.
Selected programs with online offerings:
- In addition to Wisconsin, Missiouri, and RIT
(listed above) offering extension courses, the following schools also
have course offerings on the www (though one may have to search for
journalism courses):
University of Phoenix Online:
http://www.uophx.edu/online
- This program's ads are ubiquitous in all the
computer magazines. Heavily business and management oriented.
- Its courses and degree programs have grown
five-fold in the past two or three years. Now ranks as the leading
offerer of online education in the U.S.
- As one might suspect, costs are heavy and one
has to suspect the apparent money-making motives of such an institution.
Harvard University Extension School:
http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~dep
- It goes almost without saying that costs are
heavy here, too. Nevertheless, the reputation of the school goes a long
way.
- One shouldn't be enamored, however, with the
name; good courses depend on good instructors no matter where they set
up shop.
University of Nevada, Reno:
http://www.dce.unr.edu/istudy
- A course taught in the journalism department
-- a special workshop on writing a book.
- The course can be repeated.
U. of Massachusetts at Dartmouth:
http://www.umassd.edu/cybered/distlearninghome.html
- Yes, there is a state university in
Dartmouth, Mass., not to be confused with the Ivy League's Dartmouth
University in New Hampshire.
New Jersey Institute of Technology:
http://www.njit.edu/dl/index.html
New York Institute of Technology:
http://www.nyit.edu/olc
Medical Center of the U. of Kansas:
http://www.kumc.edu/Pulse
New School of Social Research:
http://dialnsa.edu/home.html
Peterson's Guide:
http://www.petersons.com
- Anyone who has ever sought information about
college or graduate school probably has relied on Peterson's Guides.
Now you can
find them online.
- One can plug in journalism and be off to the
races. This site exhibits a little sluggishness in its commitment to
online information.
World Lecture Hall (U. of Texas):
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture
- The extension offerings of the University of
Texas.
Journalism and the Media -- A Day in the Life of
News in Israel:
http://www6.snunit.k12.il/projects/journalism/.index.html/
- The first virtual school in Israel -- AVIV --
hosts this site. The work of junior and senior high students in Israel,
the site is linked to Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Of particular
interest is the provision of links to other
media.
Open University of Britain:
http://www.open.ac.uk
- An entire university at your fingertips.
The Internet University:
http://www.caso.com/iu.html
- An extensive listing of courses offered by
various extension divisions of colleges and universities around the
country. Good information. Lists tuition and fees.
Guide to distance education (U. of
Wisconsin):
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html
- The extension division of the University of
Wisconsin operates this listing.
Communication Law (U. of Oregon):
- An entire course in communication law, taught
by
Professor Tim Gleason of the University of Oregon, has been uploaded to
Gleason's Web site. University of South Florida Professor Barbara K.
Petersen,
reviewing Gleason's site for the Legal Division of the Association for
Education
in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC), touts his site as "a
look
at the classroom of the future."
- If and when one visits Gleason's pages or
others, one will find many merely list course syllabi; Gleason's
appears truly interactive.
http://ballmer.uoregon.edu/~tgleason/home_j385.html
Ethics courses -- California State University at
Fullerton:
http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/ethics/ethcourses.html
or
http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/ethics/media.html
- Listings with links to several interesting
ethics sites around the nation, including some places that offer
courses and workshops in journalism ethics.
Exploring New Media (Columbia U.):
http://panda.jrn.columbia.edu
- This course, taught by Prof. John Pavlik, was
already in progress when I discovered it, but it still provides a good
syllabus
for what can be done with online courses.
Lexis-Nexis Tutorial: *Site can no longer be found
(03/09/2001)
http://www.csus.edu/csuslibr/lib119/lex-nex1.htm
- Bill Budge at the U. of California at
Sacramento
has put up this guide to using Lexis/Nexis.
- It gets one no closer access to the database,
but if one is a registered student at most colleges and universities
access
is granted through the library.
- For individuals, Lexis/Nexis carries a hefty
cost.
Institute of Theological Studies (ITS):
http://www.gospelcom.net/its/
- I've included this site because of my own
interest in religion journalism. One usually doesn't find a religion
journalism specialty in j-schools so one has to look elsewhere for
training. ITS is a program
of advanced, independent-study courses featuring recorded lectures by
faculty members of several seminaries.
- It leans toward the conservative end of the
spectrum so don't expect a heavy dose of courses on social justice or
World Religions.
- The program was developed in cooperation with
leading evangelical seminaries in North America. The site provides
details about
courses, lecturers, seminary credits and more. An online forum is also
part
of this site.
Course syllabi and bibliographies at NYU:
http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/soc/journal/#cult
- Not really a listing of courses, but a good
list
of book and course syllabi readings associated with NYU's graduate
program
in journalism.
J314 -- U. of Missouri --
Computer-Assisted Reporting:
http://www.missouri.edu/
- Look at lots of the course offerings at U. of
Missouri. Even if all that's available is a bibliography, that can be
valuable to
an educated, working journalist.
- One may have to navigate to this particular
course by plugging J314 in the search blank.
Global Network Academy:
http://www.gnacademy.org
- This is a search engine dedicated to online
course offerings. One can plug in journalism or a particular school and
get a listing of all the offerings online or through correspondence.
Through this entrance, one can walk into registration for courses at
major institutions of higher education, such as the U. of California at
Berkeley, which operates its Center for Media and
Individual Learning.
Christian Distance Learning Directory: **site not available (03/07/01)
http://www.ccde.org
- The "name-it-and-frame-it" expose of "degree
mills" here comes from an online book by Dr. Steve Levicoff.
- Legitimate distance learning sites of Christian
online education are maintained here by Jason Baker, an educational
consultant
at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD.
Following the casual practice of
most of the schools and their pages on the WWW, I don't update this
page often. I do check it, however, and make periodic additions and
corrections. Search tools such as Yahoo! or AltaVista can find any
school one is interested in
finding. Check the top of this page for the date of my latest update
and editing.
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