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Journalism/ English SGI Jesse McLean, Alexis Bunka, Sandi Stupica, Jeremy Whiting Oct. 27, 2008 Primary sources Julie Price [email protected] (517) 420-8391 Julie is a journalism, newspaper and photography teacher at Haslett High School in Haslett, Michigan. She is in the enviable position of having a newspaper class that is fed by a beginning journalism class. Haslett also has a strong photography program, including traditional darkroom instruction. Students from the journalism and photo classes make it into the newspaper and yearbook classes at the school. Julie also is the Newspaper Chair for the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association. She has been involved with the organization for many years, and teaches new advisers about photojournalism at the MIPA summer adviser workshop. Students from Julie’s program have won many state and national awards. Lydia Cadena [email protected] 810.923.3266 Lydia is the adviser for both yearbook and newspaper at Novi High School. She has experience in working with diverse learners in both a journalism classroom and a social studies classroom. She also talked about the differences of teaching in a journalism classroom and a core studies classroom, acknowledging students learn differently in a hands-on approach. She has seen how students develop working one on one with each other rather in with a teacher being the main source of knowledge. In our interview we conducted with her, she gave good information about how teachers can be involved with organizations and have other advisers be mentors through your career. This interview allowed us to gain insight from an adviser’s perspective on issues in the classroom that we can bring back to our classmates and help relate how a journalism class works in an English classroom. Pam Bunka [email protected] 810.519.2967 Pam is an adviser for both yearbook and newspaper at Fenton High School. She has experience in working in an English as well as journalism classroom. Because she not only teaches the two production classes, but also a basic computer course, which anyone can enroll in, she has experience working with different skill levels of students as well as disabled students. Bunka has experienced the change of technology with her students in the classroom. She is also the English department chair at the high school where she must keep in mind the different skill levels of all students when making curriculum and talking to the other teachers. She has also been a teacher at the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association summer journalism workshop for high school students as well as many other

workshops in the country where she has worked with different skill levels of students around the country. Roger Smith [email protected] (248) 693-5420 ext. 6039 Roger is a broadcasting teacher at Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan. He teaches a beginning broadcasting class (entitled “Broadcasting 1”), an advanced video class where they create things like short films and music videos (“Video Projects”) and an advanced application-based production class where they create a daily show for the entire school (“Television Production Workshop”). He has been teaching there for over 5 years now and says he has learned a lot over the years. He believes Journalism is great when applying to diverse learners and has implemented a lot of unique and interesting techniques into his program to cover the diversity of his students. One of the techniques he shared with us during our interview was an “A la carte” points system that he uses with his TPW class. Smith gave us some very good insights and advice for our futures as journalism teachers. Secondary sources ProQuest Multicultural Journalism Education In journalism classes, such as newspaper and yearbook, the consideration of students’ diversity and knowledge of other cultures is key for success. To conduct an effective interview or create a non-biased article is the result of various cultures interwoven into a classroom education. The article, “Multicultural Journalism Education in the Netherlands: a case study,” delves into how teachers can find a place for multicultural issues in their everyday practices. Even though the article reports research conducted in the Netherlands, it provides useful insight for any journalism instructor. For instance, it identifies three broad themes regarding multiculturalism and management of a program in journalism education: knowledge, representation, and responsibility. “Knowledge is concerned with what journalists know about different cultures and people.” Representation is how people are featured in the workplace, media content, and various other interactions. Responsibility focuses on how journalists can play different roles in the multicultural democratic society. Interweaving these three themes as well as suggested methodologies of the article allows teachers to give a deeper understanding of diversity and cultural interpretations. ProQuest Diversity Begins in J-School Classrooms The article, “Punto Final!” Diversity in Newsrooms Begins in J-School Classroom,” provides the statistics for the startling lack of diversity in the profession of journalism. The author, Stave Malave, suggests that teachers should reflect the belief that minority students’ involvement is important in mass media. This is important to convey because people’s dominant perspectives will be perceived as the “reality” of our society.

According to the article, the percentage of minorities represented in broadcast news includes: 8.9 percent Latinos, 10.3 percent African Americans, 2.2 percent Asian Americans, and .5 percent Native Americans. Contrastingly, 78.2 percent of Caucasians are involved in this field. These statistics do not differ much from the percentage of those involved in radio broadcasting. In the future, for communities to reflect an accurate depiction of the population, this diversity needs to be represented in the classroom. Michigan Interscholastic Press Association mipa.jrn.msu.edu Michigan Interscholastic Press Association’s (also known as MIPA) website is a wonderful source of information, guidelines, and ideas for our project and journalism teachers in general. The organization (ran by Michigan State’s own, Cheryl Pell) offers tons of workshops and conferences throughout the year for both advisors and students and also holds contests for student’s work. The organization has truly become a staple in high achievement journalism programs around the state and offers a plentitude of useful information, advice and advancements for programs so it will function as somewhere to go to get ideas, gauge the usefulness of information we are giving to our peers, and so on. Journalism Education Association jea.org The Journalism Education Association is a national organization that provides resources for journalism educators and students. JEA’s Web site hosts many lesson plans for the basics of journalism, including writing, technology, design, photography and classroom management. These resources are great for the curriculum portion of a production class. Besides the online resources, the JEA also runs awards and contests for scholastic journalism to encourage students as they are learning and producing publications.