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Faculty/Student Research Opportunities At least once a year, students have an opportunity to study in-depth specific challenges in journalism and how they affect public life. In the spring of 2003 students focused on how journalists are influenced in their coverage of conflict by what noted linguist Deborah Tannen calls "the argument culture." They then explored ways journalists can draw ideas from others' work in conflict resolution to make better ethical choices in covering conflict both at home and abroad. During May Term 2002, an Earlham professor and an editor from The Chicago Tribune led students in an exploration of the cultural, ethical and logistical challenges of international news reporting. Each student "adopted" a country, then read and wrote about that country. Class discussions focused on various aspects of covering news from abroad. Students created Web pages containing stories from their countries. They then took a trip to Chicago, where they were required to discuss what they had learned about their respective countries with immigrants or officials from those countries. Students also spent a day in The Chicago Tribune newsroom. In the spring and summer of 2000, students analyzed use of wire service stories in two newspapers — the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News and the Richmond (Ind.) Palladium-Item — where they conducted surveys and focus groups to determine reader satisfaction with state, national and international coverage in both papers. They then completed six-week internships, working with editors in each newsroom to find ways to make wire stories more engaging and meaningful to readers through presentation or providing supplementary information. This project was supported with grants from Earlham's Ford-Knight program and from The Pew Center for Civic Journalism. |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |