Environmental journalism curriculum as an imperative of democracy: A philosophical exploration.

Economic retrenchment, social shifts, and technological changes endanger journalism's democratic role. Journalism education faces parallel threats. I review the state of journalism and education, linking the crisis to society's loss of story, framed philosophically by the Dewey-critical theory split over journalism and power. I explore the potential for renewing journalism and education with Carey's ritual model and Postman's restoration of storytelling. I then summarize existing major academic programs and suggest a new interdisciplinary curriculum for environmental journalism, a specialty well suited to experimental, democracy-centered education. The curriculum uses as pedagogy active and conversational learning and reflection. A graduate introductory course is detailed, followed by additional suggested classes that could form the basis of a graduate certificate program or, with further expansion, a graduate degree concentration.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Loftis, Randy Lee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wells, Richard
• Lambiase, Jacqueline
• Land, F. Mitchell

• environmental journalism
• democracy
• postman
• ritual storytelling
• curriculum
• Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher)
• Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Curricula.
• Environmental protection -- Press coverage -- Study and teaching (Higher)

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• Public
• Copyright
• Loftis, Randy Lee
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 191481842
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3944/
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