STUDENTS participate in a group publications critique provided by Ball State University at the national JEA/NSPA convention in Nashville in the fall of 2006. n BERNADETTE ROSE CRANMER works with a staff during a summer workshop in Minneapolis. n WRITE-OFF contests at the spring 2003 convention in Portland provide students with an opportunity for specific analysis. n JUDGES make the learning specific as they give students reactions about individual images — a technique that is similar to a publications critique targeted to one publication. n BETH FITTS uses group critiques in the class as a way to foster feedback. n LAURIE HANSEN gives a student feedback on her newspaper at a summer workshop. n TIM HARROWER works with staffs to improve their publications. n SALLY TURNER helps a student evaluate strengths and weaknesses on a page in his newspaper. n GROUP CRITIQUES encourage interaction and brainstorming about how to upgrade the next issue or the next book. n RICHARD FENNELL conducts a 30-minute evaluation for a publication staff attending a national convention. n JUDGES at the Association of Texas Photography Instructions statewide convention narrow down the top entries by group consensus.
2 • COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY
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