One of the biggest challenges I face as a journalism professor is just getting students to read the news. Even those majoring in journalism often spend little time staying abreast of current events. … [Read more...] about Journalism Notes: Spiritual Growth Through Reading and Writing News
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Journalism Notes: Elephants, donkeys and media scapegoats
ESN is delighted to welcome Jeff Neely as our new regular journalism columnist. Jeff, a journalism professor at The University of Tampa, will explore issues in his field about twice a month at the ESN blog under the title Journalism Notes. Read his Scholar's Call piece "Every Christian is a Journalist" here. Note: If you'd like to write regularly on a particular discipline for ESN, email us here. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds … [Read more...] about Journalism Notes: Elephants, donkeys and media scapegoats
Scholar’s Call: Every Christian is a Journalist
As part of our Scholar's Call collection, Jeff Neely describes how being a believer and a journalist intersect in his experience, and points to some windows journalism gives us into practicing Christian faith, whatever our vocations. … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Call: Every Christian is a Journalist
Scholar’s Compass: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Reading Second Samuel 12:1-25 Reflection Last fall I took a course on institutional management theory, where I was introduced to economist Albert Hirschman, whose slim volume titled Exit, Voice, and Loyalty has seen wide-ranging influence since its publication in 1970. The book “virtually revived the field of political economy,” American Prospect editor Robert Kuttner writes in an article memorializing Hirschman, who died in late 2012. … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Week in Review: Reporting Edition
Here's the top five articles, books, websites, etc., that we've been reading or thinking about the past week. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. In addition, if you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Have you experienced, participated in, or witnessed Tweckle (twek'ul) vt. to abuse a speaker only to Twitter followers in the audience while he/she is speaking"? Any thoughts on how Tweckle (or the possibility of it) affect … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Reporting Edition