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Tips From Journalists Who Build Staff Diversity By Working with High School and College Programs
Find out if there’s a summer high school journalism program in your area. The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund web site lists them all by state (http://djnewspaperfund.dowjones.com). The American Society of Newspaper Editors holds regional training as well.

The Programmer as Journalist: a Q&A; with Adrian Holovaty
Washingtonpost.com's Web tech guru answers questions about programming's role in news reporting and presentation

Help Secure CIIJ's Future!
Donate to the Challenge Fund for Journalism

Pop culture, politics intersect online
PopandPolitics.com, an online news journal and Web log sponsored by SFSU’s Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism (CIIJ) since last summer, has chronicled these links for 10 years with a hip, witty mix of commentary and news written in a more casual style than what is found in the mainstream press.

Student journalists get clips from class
NewsBureau, a new course that pairs journalism students with professional newspaper editors, was designed to bring fresh, young voices into professional, ANG newspaper offices.

Beyond Stereotypes: Untold Stories for Any Beat
Covering all the apects of your beat includes covering disability

New Research Shows Americans' Love-Hate Relationship with Journalism
A new study shows that Americans have a more positive, more complicated set of attitudes toward journalism than the recent wave of media criticism implies.

Journalism Students Work for Diversity
San Jose Mercury News reporters and SFSU journalism students are mentoring students at San Jose's racially diverse Willow Glen High School, in hopes of interesting students in news careers.

NAJA President Blasts ASNE Numbers


An Interview With ASNE's Incoming President
The Sacramento Bee's Rick Rodriguez on what he hopes to accomplish during his term

And It Don't Stop
Jeff Chang, author of the upcoming "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation," raps with News Watch about hip-hop culture and politics.

Reparations Not in the News
Editorial and Letters to the Editor Supercede News Stories and Features

Black Reporters Should Report on Black Issues, Says Longtime Newscaster
Terry Heaton Takes on Diversity in the Workplace

A Texas Liberal Talks About the State of Things in America
Molly Ivins talks about the media, journalism and what we can expect in the next four years after the presidential election.

Barbara Rodgers: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
Barbara Rodger's was offered a job as a reporter in Rochester, New York 32 years ago in response to public protest at a lack of diversity on television. For more than three decades she has been committed to making a difference through her work as a journalist

What is Diversity
Project for Excellence in Journalism

What Are We Still Not Getting Right?
Panel of distinguished journalists offer advice and tips on reporting on race

Suzan Shown Harjo 'Writes It Right'
Columnist Credits Her Cheyenne Heritage for Launching Her Journalism Career

Can the Hip-Hop Generation Send Dubya Packing?
Pop & Politics at UNITY: New book issues a call to the polls to America's 100 million missing voters

Watch Yourself!
Manhattan Times Reporter Stresses Need to Separate the Personal From the Professional

Pictures Are Worth a 1,000 Words
Gannett News Service Editor Discusses Importance of Visuals in Accurately Reflecting America

Reaching Back and Bringing Someone Along
Montgomery Advertiser Executive Editor talks About How to Bring About 'Good' Diversity

Journalism Education Gets Failing Grade in Diversity
Panelists give journalism educators C- to D+ for failing to teach diversity as a core journalistic value

Wanda Lloyd's Tips for Reporting on Race


Pankaj Paulís Tips for Reporting on Race


Naomi Ishisaka's Tips for Reporting on Race


Michele Salcedo's Tips for Reporting on Race


Maya Blackmun's Tips for Reporting on Race


Keith Wood's Tips for Reporting on Race


Daniel Vasquez' Tips for Reporting on Race
A Quote Does Not A Perspective Make

Catalina Camla's Tips for Reporting on Race


Low pay but big rewards
Communications scholar Dr. Federico Subervi and The National Association of Hispanic Journalists undertakes the first-ever survey of Spanish-language media professionals.

We can do it better
Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Llorente discusses the nuances of reporting on race and ethnicity.

Easy is the way down
Jayson Blair speaks with News Watch about his book, journalism, diversity and affirmative action.

Creating a rapid response
NLGJA shares a strategy in monitoring news coverage.

Pulitzer Prize winning photographer discusses her success
Dallas Morning News senior photojournalist Cheryl Diaz Meyer talks about her life, the prize, and her career

How to prevent malfunctions in Journalism
Veteran journalist, William Woo speaks with News Watch about the ëscienceí of detecting and avoiding disasters in journalism.

Responding to bias in Swedish news media
Ulku Holago project manager of Swedenís ëQuick Responseí discusses diversity issues in her nationís newsrooms

Is the "liberal" media a myth?
Columnist and author Joe Conason takes on Big Lies about U.S. news media

New member of the CIIJ family
PopandPolitics.com founder and author expounds on how to use media to reach the 100 million missing voters

Jayson Blair 101
Students and teachers access the aftermath

The Few, the Proud, the Asian Male Anchor
Hari Sreenivasan of ABC News Live strives to overcome being a novelty

Newswatch Journal Summer 2000
Campaign

Newswatch Journal Spring 2001
Gays and Lesbians: In the Newsroom and Making News

Newswatch Journal Summer 2002
Covering Indian Country

Top editor says mentoring brings out the best in journalists: Q & A with Sandra Mims-Rowe, Editor-in-Chief, The Portland Oregonian
In observance of Womenís History Month, News Watch interviews Sandra Mims Rowe, editor of The Portland Oregonian

Network News Brownout Continues: Q & A with Joseph Torres, Deputy Director of Communications and Media Policy, NAHJ
News Watch interviewed Joseph Torres, deputy director of communications and media policy for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Washington, D.C.

Q & A with Michelle Myers, editor-in-chief of the UC Berkeley Onyx Express
Editor-in-chief of UC Berkeley's The Onyx Express, talks about being selected by Newsweek to write one of five regular columns by college students about the 2004 presidential campaign.

Domestic AIDS Crisis Drops off News Agenda
Wrong-headed reporting reinforces complacency among those most at risk for contracting HIV.

Deconstructing Reporting on HIV and AIDS
Public health professionals and veteran reporters outline common mistakes in coverage and discuss how to avoid them.