Journalism Case Study Abstracts |
| 15 October |
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has hosted a webcast for journalism educators. The session was moderated by Dean of Students Sree Sreenivasan. Prof. Coronel and Director Lundberg discussed their experience with one of the free case studies available on the program’s website: http://casestudies.jrn.columbia.edu.
The free case, “A Life on the Line: the Christian Science Monitor and Jill Carroll,” examines the strategies available to a news organization whose reporter has been kidnapped. Through class discussion of the issues raised by the case, students come to appreciate the complex constituencies the news organization must manage. They also gain an appreciation of the nuanced contract–written and unwritten—between news outlets and stringers (non-staff reporters paid by the story).
A listener asked whether the Initiative’s library of cases included examples of the “ordinary” challenges of journalism. Yes, responded Lundberg: numerous cases are about editorial decisionmaking by both editors and reporters. Prof. Coronel emphasized that “teaching” cases do more than raise ethical issues for discussion; they help students build reporting skills ,as well as critical thinking abilities. She added that students in her case classes were engaged and lively, vying to make their points.
The collection of nearly 25 case studies covers such topics as strategic management, reporting on science, investigative reporting and blogging.
The podcast can be found at http://www.knightcasestudies.org/podcasts
| 6 October |
Schools such as Columbia University, through funding provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, are offering real newsroom examples of challenges tomorrow’s journalists will face. Many of cases, meant for university faculty, are provocative scenarios leading to open-ended questions for students. The goal is to look at the many ways ethics, editorial management, and evolving industry methods will shape journalism in the future.(CWEB News, 10/9/09)
Click here to learn more about The Knight Case Initiative and the Columbia University Journalism Case Studies.
| 23 September |
Columbia University has released an educational case study on journalism ethics that will be available to faculty at universities around the globe for use in their classrooms.
Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, “New England Cable News and the Terry Glenn Story” is one of over 20 case studies in the Knight Case Studies Initiative library. The study–one of the video cases in the collection–focuses on New England Cable News (NECN) and the arrival of a fax alleging sexual misconduct by a member of the New England Patriots football team. The case allows the instructor to use video in real time in the classroom, and gives students the experience of newsroom deadline pressures.
“New England Cable News and the Terry Glenn Story” and other case studies in the collection are now for sale at knightcasestudies.org (http://www.knightcasestudies.org/).
Case-based courses develop students’ analytic, decision making, management and leadership skills. Through class discussion, students have the opportunity to examine in depth a wide range of editorial, ethical and economic issues.
| 19 August |
Announcement! If you would like to register for one of our Case Method and Journalism Webinars hosted by program director Kirsten Lundberg, please email us with the following information: Name, Institution, Courses Taught, and Webinar Date (Wed., September 9th @ 1 p.m. (EST); Thurs., September 10th @ 4 p.m. (EST); or type in “Other Date” if you would like to receive information about future webinar dates).
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