Category Archives: teaching

Old-news navigation note

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Bob Stepno

A note to newcomers, including journalism students visiting for spring or summer 2024 classes.My most recent work on this site is within various “subtopic” pages and older program-episode posts, such as the Soldiers of the Press and Rogers of the … Continue reading →

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Editor’s New Year Help from Investigative Twins

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Bob Stepno

From Dec. 30, 1953, here’s what was regularly billed as “another heartwarming story of a country newspaper and its friendly editor.” The series is “Rogers of the Gazette,” starring Will Rogers Jr. This episode starts with the editor giving a … Continue reading →

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Journalism students cause trouble

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Bob Stepno

My “Portrayals of the Journalist” class eventually will watch the 1958 Clark Gable and Doris Day film “Teacher’s Pet,” in which a young journalism professor spars with a tough city editor who invades her class to expose what a waste … Continue reading →

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Stay tuned!

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Bob Stepno

Journalism today needs heroes. For inspiration — or at least food for thought about what might make a journalist “a hero” — this site explores radio’s portrayals of “ladies and gentlemen of the press” starting back in the 1930s, when … Continue reading →

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