Sept. 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006
(Academic Year 2005-2006)
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Center Activities Sept. 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006 (Academic Year 2005-2006) |
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Cox Researchers Release New Data Showing Newsrooms Employ Journalism Graduates |
| Journalism and mass communication graduates made up 85% of those hired directly from college by the daily newspaper industry in 2005 and 92% of those hired directly from college for work in television newsrooms, according to researchers in the James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research at the University of Georgia. | |
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Training Program on Health Journalism Altered Use of Sources by Journalists |
| Participants in a special training program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta relied more on experts in the Centers in writing about health and thereby improved their coverage of health topics, researchers at the University of Georgia told those attending a media conference in Egypt in July. | |
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Cox Center Director Discusses Misperceptions About Iraq War at Conference in Ecuador |
| Misperceptions in the United States about initial justifications for the war in Iraq can be blamed at least in part on the way the media have covered the conflict, Dr. Lee B. Becker, director of the James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, told journalists and journalism students in Ecuador in early June. | |
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Competition Can Threaten Journalistic Performance Research Team Reports at German Conference |
| Very high levels of competition among media outlets in emerging markets are associated with low levels of journalistic performance, according to a study by researchers from Sweden and the United States presented at a conference in Germany in late June. | |
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Serbian and U.S. Educators Join in Workshop On Media Management in Journalism Education |
| Serbian and U.S. educators and media professionals engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of the role of media management instruction in journalism and mass communication education during a three-day workshop at the University of Belgrade in May. Many said that students planning to enter a commercial media workplace need to know how the media are managed. | |
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Cox Center Conducts Program For Journalists from 13 African Countries |
| Fourteen African journalists spent a day at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia in April discussing such topics as press freedom and the experiences of African students studying in the United States. | |
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Journalists from the Philippines Discuss Needs For Improving Conflict Coverage |
| Journalists from the Philippines, after a three-day roundtable discussion, decided to create a web site to which journalists can turn for needed resource materials and for lists of standards on how to cover war and other types of conflict sensitively. | |
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Belgrade Dean Meets Students At Clark Atlanta, University of Georgia |
| The dean of the College of Political Science, Public Administration and Journalism at the University of Belgrade, returned Home to Serbia after meeting and learning about students in mass media classes at the University of Georgia and at Clark Atlanta University. | |
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Non-U.S. Media Assistance At $1 Billion Annually, Cox Center Report for Knight Foundation Finds |
| Based on the most recent year for which reporting organizations provided data, $0.75 billion is being spent each year on media assistance projects by donors from outside the United States, according to a report prepared for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The actual level of spending for media assistance is likely to be in the neighborhood of $1 billion annually. | |
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Journalism Graduates Give Mixed Support To Many Media Rights, Study Shows |
| Despite their specialized training, graduates of university journalism and mass communication programs in the United States are not absolutists in terms of media rights, a study by researchers at the University of Georgia has revealed. The findings of the study were released at a public opinion conference in November in Chicago. |