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Revising The Ap Stylebook: Q&A With Editor David Minthorn, Sue Burzynski Bullard
Revising The Ap Stylebook: Q&A With Editor David Minthorn, Sue Burzynski Bullard
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications
David Minthorn, the deputy standards editor of the Associated Press, answered questions in an e-mail interview about how the AP Stylebook comes together. Minthorn has been a correspondent or editor with the Associated Press for more than 40 years. He has worked on style issues at the news cooperative since 2000. Minthorn is one of three editors of the AP Stylebook and answers questions on the Ask the Editor website.
Blogs: An Essential Teaching Tool, Sue Burzynski Bullard
Blogs: An Essential Teaching Tool, Sue Burzynski Bullard
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications
Blogs are a good way to teach journalism. In fact, there are many journalism professors who contend that they are an absolute necessity if students are going to have marketable skills for potential employers. Or for those students who head down the entrepreneurial path, a blog can be the lifeblood of that enterprise. In creating and using blogs, students become aware of—and familiar with the use of—a popular and ubiquitous and (virtually) no-cost digital platform on which journalists work these days. For them, it’s like collecting “clips,” only without having to clip anything.
Regret The Error, But Who Admits It?, Sue Burzynski Bullard
Regret The Error, But Who Admits It?, Sue Burzynski Bullard
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications
Correcting errors is simple and quick online. For Craig Silverman, that ease raises ethical issues. The author of the popular "Regret the Error" book and website believes news sites too often "scrub" away errors without acknowledging the mistakes. But what's the most ethical way to handle those errors? Should the story be updated without explaining that the original error occurred, what Silverman and others call "scrubbing"? Or should the fix be made with a note appended to the original article explaining that an error had been made?
Financial Literacy Explicated: The Case For A Clearer Definition In An Increasingly Complex Economy, David L. Remund
Financial Literacy Explicated: The Case For A Clearer Definition In An Increasingly Complex Economy, David L. Remund
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications
This study explicates the concept of financial literacy, which has blossomed in use this century. Scholars, policy officials, financial experts, and consumer advocates have used the phrase loosely to describe the knowledge, skills, confidence, and motivation necessary to effectively manage money. As a result, financial literacy has varying conceptual definitions in existing research as well as diverse operational definitions and values. This study dissects the differing financial literacy definitions and measures, urging researchers toward common ground. A clearer definition should improve future research, in turn helping consumers better understand and adapt to changing life events and an increasingly complex economy.
Aejmc Adnews Winter 2010, Stacy C. James
Aejmc Adnews Winter 2010, Stacy C. James
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications
This is the mid-year newsletter written, designed and produced for the AEJMC's Ad Division. It includes information about the Ad Division, kudos, paper submission guidelines for the summer convention and other Ad Division news and information.