Chapter 1: In the Beginning
Chapter 2: Nobody Told Us What to Write
Chapter 3: The Campus Conscience
Chapter 4: Two Faces of Journalism
Chapter 5: Lessons from Reporting Crisis
Chapter 6: Different Decade, Same Challenges
Chapter 7: Telling Their Own Stories
Kaylene Dial Armstrong is assistant professor at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
Thoroughly researched and well contextualized, this book provides a
riveting account of student journalism during periods of profound
political and social unrest. Using archival sources and expertly
conducted interviews, Armstrong uncovers the work of young
journalists challenged to cover desegregation, freedom of speech,
campus protests and deadly violence— all while going to school and
facing the reactions of peers and administrators. How Student
Journalists Report Campus Unrest should be on the bookshelves of
all journalism faculty, student media advisers, and readers who
enjoy firsthand accounts of courage amid crisis.
*Tracy Lucht, Iowa State University*
Students' right to free speech is an ever-pervasive issue, and even
in 2017 the New Voices campaign calls for student journalists'
protection.Kaylene Armstrong's How Student Journalists Report
Campus Unrest highlights historical coverage from student
newspapers at different schools that came under scrutiny from both
campus community members and from farther afield. It also notes the
distinct entanglements of the student journalist balancing classes
and reporting while being a part of the campus life they cover. An
engaging read, Armstrong's work tells today's student journalists
about difficulties their predecessors faced, and how they handled
those issues. It is also an inherent call to action, asking
students journalists to take pride in their work by showing them
that quality campus reporting has impact beyond the walls of the
institution and pushing them to recognize their contributions to
the first draft of history.
*Kirstie Hettinga, California Lutheran University*
With this book, Armstrong fills a gaping void in the literature of
journalism history by specifically focusing on college media.
Through an exhaustive examination of college newspaper archives and
even more impressively, interviews with dozens of student
journalists who lived through periods of major campus unrest,
Armstrong provides readers with a new lens to key moments in
American history, including the Civil Rights Movement in
Mississippi, the Free Speech Movement in California, and the Kent
State tragedy in Ohio. This book is a must-read for any
journalistic history course, demonstrating difficult decisions
faced, and the power possessed by members of the student media.
*Joseph Dennis, Piedmont College*
As one of the oldest institutions in journalism, the student press
deserves Kaylene Armstrong's in-depth examination of how student
journalists aim to cover their campus better than anyone else. Her
research is impeccable as she documents their earliest history, the
battles with administrators, and most important, reporting
decisions during historic campus moments: student unrest. The world
comes to campus during these moments. Kaylene gives voice to these
student reporters, adding previously unknown detail to their news
reporting. This book is a rich addition to studies of the
student press.
*Carol Terracina-Hartman, Lock Haven University*
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