A Journalism of Humanity: A Candid History of the World's First Journalism School"Founded by Walter Williams, a newsman who lacked a college education, the University of Missouri's School of Journalism is regarded as among the best in the world. Weinberg uncovers the history of the school's first 100 years, revealing the flaws as well as the virtues of the Missouri Method"--Provided by publisher. |
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Not Merely a Student Newspaper The Missourian and the Missouri Method | 31 |
Bricks and Mortar during Peace and War | 55 |
Battling for Hegemony as Journalism Education Spreads | 66 |
More Than Print Adjusting the Missouri Method for the Broadcast Era | 98 |
Translating the MissouriMethod to Faraway PlacesFrom China to the Beltway | 117 |
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Page 15 - I believe it is possible for this School to give dignity to the profession of journalism, to anticipate to some extent the difficulties that journalism must meet and to prepare its graduates to overcome them; to give prospective journalists a professional spirit and high ideals of service; to discover those with real talent for the work...
Page 10 - ... good. My preference is Columbia, but here again is another danger. If the College should have absolute power, it might, with the best intentions, take an entirely erroneous view of what is the right and best impulse of a newspaper, for the protection of not only property but both liberty and property. and public service, illustrated by concrete examples, showing the mission, duty and opportunity of the Press as a moral teacher? Besides this, teach if possible the practical side — news gathering,...