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Flash: Educators & Students Disagree

3/28/2012

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My last blog post focused on my Poynter.org article about students missing classes to cover March Madness. As promised, today we're exploring the topic again, based on another submission, a Q-and-A, for the same website.

The intro begins: "As a professional in residence and a graduate student ... I seek chances to match coursework with reporting and academic pursuits. This week’s assignment in my Humanistic Theories and Methods of Media Studies grad class required me to conduct a semi-structured interview – in which a list of questions must be asked and answered in order – before follow-up quizzing may occur. An hour before class last week, Poynter.org agreed that I should write about journalism educators dealing with students missing classes to cover March Madness. My reporting led me to an ideal person for the course assignment: Marquette Provost John J. Pauly, Ph.D."

After turning in the first story on Friday, I suggested to my Poynter editor that Pauly's view on the matter could interest many people. She agreed and skedded the Q-and-A to run on Monday. Well, there's been quite a bit of feedback. Based on a few tweets and not as many emails, journalism educators and others liked what the provost said. On the other hand, many Marquette students weren't too pleased with all that they read. Indeed, my Digital Journalism II class discussed both of the Poynter submissions for nearly an hour yesterday before I finally stopped them so they could work on their Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service projects.

Look Friday for another blog post about students covering sports journalism. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to my professor's feedback about my critical assessment – my homework due in class last night – of my interview with the provost. Remains to be seen if and when I'll be sharing that any time soon.

Provost: ‘Real journalism goes on in journalism classes’ bit.ly/H6I92I via @poynter #highered #journalism

— AEJMC (@AEJMC) March 26, 2012

I dont' get it...is sports journalism not a real thing in the eyes of the Provost? bit.ly/GS0TlO Article by @herbertlowe

— Meg Pirics (@meggiemae18) March 26, 2012

@herbertlowe Some great advice for journalism teachers and students in that interview - thanks for sharing!

— Meg Wagner (@meg_wagner) March 26, 2012
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Ben Greene
8/30/2012 01:10:48 am

With all due respect to Provost Pauly, I wholeheartedly disagree. From my limited experience, I have found that journalism classes have given me many of the necessary tools to go out and practice "real journalism." Sure, we still are reporting, writing, and putting together stories in class, but no one is going to hire a student whose only experience with "real journalism" took place inside of a classroom.

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