Last Updated: August 20, 1999
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ASNE projects
Institute for Journalism Excellence Fellows chosen
By Diana Mitsu Klos
ASNE has named 24 educators to participate in the third Institute for
Journalism Excellence. The 1997 Fellows, representing colleges and universities
from around the country, will be working this summer at newspapers across
the country and in Canada. The project is funded by a grant from the John
S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
"During the six-week newsroom residency, the Fellows are immersed in
the day-to-day excitement of putting out a newspaper," said Edward L. Seaton,
1996-97 chair of ASNE’s Education for Journalism Committee and editor-in-chief
of The Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury. "Through their hands-on experience, the
educators take a renewed knowledge of newspaper operations and journalistic
practices back to their classrooms. The newspapers benefit from their exposure
to the educators. The Institute establishes new ties between newspapers
and journalism education."
The 1997 Institute for Journalism Excellence Fellows and their newspapers
are:
Debashis Aikat, assistant professor, School of Journalism and
Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at Philadelphia
Online.
Michael Berlin, associate professor, College of Communication,
Boston University, at The Oregonian, Portland.
Elizabeth V. Burt, assistant professor, School of Communication,
University of Hartford, at The Hartford (Conn.) Courant.
Charles N. Davis, assistant professor, Center for Communication
Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, at The Dallas Morning News.
Larry Day, professor, Department of Communication Arts, University
of West Florida, Pensacola, at The Miami Herald.
Elizabeth Fraas, professor, Department of Mass Communications,
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, at The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press.
Stewart Haas, associate professor, Department of Mass Communication
and Journalism, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C., at The Seattle Times.
Beth A. Haller, assistant professor of journalism, Department
of Speech and Mass Communication, Towson State University, Towson, Md.,
at the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News.
Jane Harrigan, associate professor and journalism director, English
Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, at the St. Petersburg
(Fla.) Times.
Nishan Havandjian, professor and department head, Department
of Journalism, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,
Calif., at the Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City.
James Phillip Jeter, professor and director of graduate studies,
Division of Journalism, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Fla.,
at The State, Columbia, S.C.
Laura Kelly, instructor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
Florida International University, North Miami, at the Press-Telegram, Long
Beach, Calif.
Wilma King-Jones, associate professor, Department of Journalism,
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, at Gannett News Service, Arlington,
Va.
Tendayi S. Kumbula, assistant professor and news-editorial sequence
coordinator, Department of Journalism, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.,
at The Detroit News.
Loup M. Langton, assistant professor, School of Journalism, University
of Missouri-Columbia, at the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman.
Patricia G. McNeely, professor, College of Journalism and Mass
Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia, at The Post and
Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Edward Midura, assistant professor, Mass Media Arts, Clark Atlanta
University, Atlanta, at the Tulsa (Okla.) World.
Steven Pasternack, professor and department head, Department
of Journalism and Mass Communication, New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces, at the Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News.
Timothy D. Smith, professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, at The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.
Kirk Stone, assistant professor, Media Studies/Communication,
College of Charleston, S.C., at the Calgary Herald, Alberta, Canada.
Elizabeth Watts, assistant professor, School of Mass Communications,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, at the Star-Tribune, Minneapolis.
Ed Williams, associate professor, Department of Journalism, Auburn
University, Auburn, Ala., at The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio.
Clemens P. Work, professor, School of Journalism, University
of Montana, Missoula, at The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee.
Barbara Zang, instructor, mDepartment of Journalism, mUniversity
of Missouri-mColumbia, at The Syracuse mNewspapers, New York.
The two dozen 1997 Fellows were chosen from nearly 100 applicants.
"Aside from the opportunity to update my journalistic skills and keep
abreast of industry changes, my participation in the first program cemented
ties with The Virginian-Pilot and created new opportunities for sharing
and exchanging resources between the newspaper staff, faculty and students,"
said Shirley Staples Carter, chair of the Department of Mass Communication
and Journalism at Norfolk State University. She was a 1995 participant
and member of the 1997 selection committee.
"We expanded internships into other departments beyond the newsroom,
two Pilot editors teach as adjunct professors in the department every semester,
and this summer, another faculty member may work with the paper’s online
news service affiliate," she said.
The Institute will begin with a weeklong seminar on the state of newspapering
at the American Press Institute in Reston, Va., June 9-14, followed by
residencies at the newspapers June 16-July 22. It will end with a debriefing
July 28-29, just before the Association for Education in Journalism and
Mass Communication convention in Chicago. The program provides a $5,000
stipend plus housing and travel for each participant.
Del Brinkman, director of journalism programs at the Knight Foundation,
said the Institute re-invigorates both educators and editors. "The creativity
and dedication of the participating educators and newspapers make this
program a success."
To learn more about IJE, visit ASNE’s Web site at http://www.asne.org/works/ije/ijehome.htm
Klos is project director of ASNE. Call her at 703/453-1125 or e-mail
dmk@asne.org.
