The University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Colleen Callahan.
Professors polish skills
By Andrea Caudill
Two Journalism Department professors received educational grants to explore their respective specialties during the summer of 2001.
Colleen Callahan attended a seminar at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fl. The seminar, which was called "Diversity Across the Curriculum," ran from June 3-8. Callahan was one of 15 educators to get a trip to this all-expenses paid seminar.
The seminar included workshops and breakaway discussion groups. The theme of the seminar was how to make diversity a basic part of the curriculum, not just a section or a footnote in the syllabus, according to Callahan.
Callahan's focus was on her Journalism 351 class, Editing for Print Media.
The biggest benefit for the seminar, according to Callahan, is that there was one week taken out of the schedule devoted to one topic, which gave participants time to reflect and think about what they learned, and an opportunity to discuss new ideas with colleagues without interruption.
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Sandy Ellis. |
Sandy Ellis was one of twenty educators from around the country who worked in a broadcast newsroom for a month in the summer of 2001.
In May of 2000 she attended a week-long orientation week in Washington DC. The fellowship was part of the Excellence in Journalism Education Project sponsored by the Radio-Television News Directors Foundation (RTNDF). It also covered travel, meal, housing expenses, and a stipend.
Ellis worked at WBAL, a Baltimore news-talk radio station. She worked in the newsroom doing a little of everything, including reporting, writing, editing and producing.
She looked forward to polishing old skills, learning new technology, and dealing with the new challenges today's reporters face.
University of Wisconsin-River Fall.
Department of Journalism.
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