Research Catalog

Title

A journalism of humanity : a candid history of the world's first journalism school / Steve Weinberg.

Author

Weinberg, Steve.

Publication

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Description

xi, 283 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"It might seem unlikely that a midwestern university located far from national media centers would be home to the world's first journalism school, but the University of Missouri holds that distinction. Now celebrating its centennial, the School of Journalism, founded by a newsman who lacked a college education, is regarded as one of the highest-rated in the world." "Steve Weinberg, an alumnus and investigative reporter who returned to teach at Missouri, now covers - and uncovers - the many-faceted history of its School of Journalism, from the days of Walter Williams through the Dean Mills era. A Journalism of Humanity balances the dynamics of the university that set the school's course with the external forces that shaped journalism and society True to journalism, it reveals the school's flaws as well as its virtues." "Weinberg's account embraces faculty and staff members, students and alumni, supporters and detractors, as it covers all professional sequences taught at the school. It captures the freewheeling debate that has been a hallmark of the school and includes the perspectives of women, blacks, and gays, who all too often were marginalized. It also incorporates a wealth of insider detail, from a typical day at the school during the Williams era to tales of the "Missouri Mafia.""--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

University of Missouri>Columbia. School of Journalism > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-262) and index.

Contents

1. Journalism Education? Who Needs Journalism Education? -- 2. The Founder: Walter Williams -- 3. Inventing the First Journalism School, Out of Nothing, in the Middle of Nowhere -- 4. Not Merely a Student Newspaper: The Missourian and the Missouri Method -- 5. Bricks and Mortar during Peace and War -- 6. Battling for Hegemony as Journalism Education Spreads -- 7. More Than Print: Adjusting the Missouri Method for the Broadcast Era -- 8. Translating the Missouri Method to Faraway Places: From China to the Beltway -- 9. The Dilemmas of Scholarship in a Vocational Setting: Master's Degrees and PhDs -- 10. Reaching Out to the Profession: Midcareer Journalism Education -- 11. The Missouri "Mafia" -- 12. Present and Future: The Dean Mills Era.

ISBN

• 9780826217967 (alk. paper)
• 0826217966 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2007043025

OCLC

• 175286406
• ocn175286406
• SCSB-5398657

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries