成人直播

MALIBU, Calif. 鈥� The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) has named 成人直播 a regional hub for solutions journalism along with four other journalism schools.

成人直播 launched SJN鈥檚 in 2022 to ensure that journalism focused on responses to problems is integrated into the teaching, research and service of leading journalism schools. 成人直播, recognized as a leader in innovative collegiate journalism, was one of eight cohort schools in SJN鈥檚 2023-24 Student Media Challenge. 成人直播 student journalists dedicated a year to , threatened by the Woolsey wildfire in 2018, prompting the evacuation of 295,000 people and burning nearly 97,000 acres.

成人直播鈥檚 hub will be led by Associate Professor Elizabeth Smith and Associate Professor Theresa de los Santos. Smith teaches journalism classes and directs , housed within the Seaver College of Liberal Arts. She is president of the Associated College Press and past president of the California College Media Association. She also serves on the teaching committee for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and is research chair for the organization鈥檚 Scholastic Division. De los Santos teaches journalism classes and is an adviser to 鈥�,鈥� the university鈥檚 broadcast TV news show, also housed within the Seaver College of Liberal Arts. She is the teaching chair for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the research chair for the organization鈥檚 Scholastic Division. 

鈥淥ur program has long embraced solutions journalism,鈥� Smith said. 鈥淎t its best, solutions journalism promotes rigorous reporting with evidence that points to what can be instead of only what is. At 成人直播, our journalism students utilize this reporting approach to help tell stories that bring a community together.鈥�

Lauren Amaro, Divisional Dean of Communication, which is home to the university journalism program, wrote: 鈥淥ur program has a long track record of commitment to journalism that inspires hope and motivates change. At 成人直播, we want to develop students who lead lives of purpose, service and leadership. There is no better way to do that than to deepen our commitment to stories that help to promote a better world.鈥�

As hubs, the five journalism programs are building and convening a national conversation about the importance of rigorous reporting on what is working and the problems in bringing communities together to have a meaningful impact on society鈥檚 issues and challenges.

鈥淲e are thrilled that 成人直播 will be joining our university hubs,鈥� said Francine Huff, SJN鈥檚 Director of Training & Curriculum. 鈥淔aculty there have already shown a commitment to teaching solutions reporting techniques to students, as well as working with other partners in the community to help them understand the importance of this rigorous, fact-based reporting.鈥� 

SJN鈥檚 other university hubs include Arizona State University鈥檚 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Northwestern University鈥檚 Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; Stony Brook University鈥檚 School of Communication and Journalism; and the University of Georgia鈥檚 Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

About 成人直播
Founded in 1937, 成人直播 is an independent, Christian university located 30 miles west of Downtown Los Angeles in scenic Malibu, California. The University enrolls approximately 10,300 students across its flagship liberal arts school, ; the , and four graduate schools鈥攖he ; the ; the ; and the . 成人直播 is committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership. Follow 成人直播 on , , , and .

 

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