SHSU Hosts New Degree 'Think Tank'
Twelve criminal justice experts, journalists and college
newspaper editors from around the nation have been invited
to Sam Houston State University next week to discuss ways
to structure a proposed Master of Science in Criminal Justice
Journalism degree.
The planning seminar, co-hosted by the College of Criminal
Justice and the newly-named Department of Mass Communication,
is the first major step in creation of the degree, which
would be the first and only one like it in the United States.
The proposed degree would provide graduate-level instruction
for journalists who want to specialize in criminal justice
reporting and editing, and for criminal justice officers
or officials who seek senior institutional-level positions
requiring significant knowledge of the news media and public
relations skills.
Participating in the seminar Sunday through Tuesday at
the Criminal Justice Center will be Susan Bischoff, deputy
managing editor of the Houston Chronicle and board member
of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; Bill Felber,
executive editor of The Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury and national
treasurer of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association;
Jeff Ferrell, associate professor of criminal justice at
Texas Christian University; Ted Gest, president of Criminal
Justice Journalists in Washington, D. C., and Loyal Gould,
editor and journalist, and former 22-year department chairman
and Fred Hartman Professor of Journalism at Baylor University.
Also, Sarah Eschholz, assistant professor, Department of
Criminal Justice at Georgia State University, Atlanta; Hugh
Munn, South Carolina College of Mass Communications public
relations faculty, Irmo, S. C., and consultant to the U.
S. Department of Justice; Reginald Owens, associate professor
and holder of the E. Jay Taylor Endowed Chair in Journalism,
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston; and Ray Surette, professor
of criminal justice and legal studies, University of South
Florida, Orlando.
Representing college newspapers are Rachel Perkins, editor,
Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.;
Cory Schouten, editor-in-chief, Indiana Daily Student, Indiana
State University, Bloomington; and Jeff Sklar, editor-in-chief,
Arizona Daily Wildcat, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
The "think tank" seminar is being underwritten by the Ethics
and Excellence in Journalism Foundation of Oklahoma City.
Coordinating planners are Wes Johnson, associate dean for
administration, SHSU College of Criminal Justice; and Kuyk
Logan, holder of the Philip G. Warner Endowed Chair of Journalism
at SHSU.
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SHSU Media Contact: Frank
Krystyniak
Sept. 18, 2003
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