[AEJMC Newspaper Division list] Last Call for TNT Entries

[Bill Cassidy]

Do you have an idea for improving the teaching of newswriting, reporting
or editing? If so, act fast! The deadline for entering a teaching idea
in the Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century competition is
11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 21. 

TNT21, sponsored by the Newspaper Division of the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, was founded in 2009 to
publicly acknowledge good ideas for foundational journalism courses
from: 

— Full-time faculty members 
— Adjunct professors 
— Graduate-student instructors 

A prize of $100 will be awarded for the best teaching idea from each
group. This year, the deadline has been moved to 11:59 p.m. EDT May 21
to allow entrants to enter ideas they used in courses during spring
2010. 

To facilitate participation by adjuncts and others not able to attend
AEJMC's annual convention in Denver, where most other Newspaper Division
awards will be given, the competition will be held online. To enter: 

— Download the entry form at
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~susank/NWSP/TNT21form.doc 
— Complete the form 
— Return the form as an attachment, along with any supporting materials,
to Susan Keith of Rutgers University at
21stcenturyteachingtips at gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. EDT May 21. 

Teaching tips should be suitable for use in newswriting, reporting or
editing courses, though they may be tailored for specific versions of
those courses. For example, tips for teaching newswriting across media
would be welcome, as would tips for teaching a specific type of
reporting, such as public affairs reporting, business reporting or
environmental reporting. Tips can address practical skills or conceptual
knowledge, showing, for example, how to teach students to report
ethically or edit to avoid libel. Tips that help professors address the
challenges of teaching in a world where technologies are rapidly
changing are especially welcome. 

Ideas will be judged for their originality, innovative nature, ease of
application, completeness, writing and whether they would work in more
than one course and/or at different types of schools. (The competition
welcomes entries from instructors teaching journalism anywhere in the
world and in any type of academic departments or units.) All entries
should reflect: 

— Original teaching ideas that have not been published elsewhere or
adapted from another instructor's work 
— Ideas that have not been winners or finalists in other teaching awards
competitions 
— Ideas that have not been submitted to other 2010 AEJMC division or
interest group teaching awards competitions 

Winners will be announced on the Newspaper Division Web site and through
its e-mail listserv about July 1. If you have questions about the
competition or if you are not submitting an idea and would be willing to
serve as a judge, please e-mail Susan at susank at rutgers.edu or call her
at 732-932-7500, ext. 8235 


-- 
Susan Keith, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Department of Journalism and Media Studies
School of Communication & Information
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
4 Huntington St.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901


E-mail: susank at rci.rutgers.edu
Phone: 732-932-7500, ext. 8235
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