The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) have partnered to re-think journalism teaching practices through the use of the case study method enhanced by technology. Our hope is build cases with real value for a field that has never tried this method of teaching — a goal for which the Journalism School aims to ultimately establish a new case study authoring office.
Building the Front Page of
The Washington Post
Teaching Materials [Faculty Only]
"Building the Front Page of The Washington Post" is the first case study jointly created by CCNMTL and the Journalism School. It reconstructs how the editors of The Washington Post built the front page of the randomly selected issue of June 16, 2004, based on the news of June 15. The goal is to gain an understanding of the considerations behind a newspaper’s front page, identify the practical concerns at work, and discuss the extent to which editors’ priorities are realized in the finished product.
Knight Ridder and the Iraq Intelligence Story
Teaching Materials [Coming Soon]
This case study looks at the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau’s reporting on the Iraq intelligence story during the buildup to and aftermath of the 2003 invasion. Months before most news organizations began to systematically probe the Bush administration’s argument for invading Iraq, the Washington Bureau honed in on rifts within the government that suggested another side to the story.
