Investigative ideas for the higher education beat
Article Abstract:
Reporting of educational issues needs to be precise in providing the public with extensive information of the goings on in colleges and higher education institutions. Journalists are required to rise above standard reporting procedures and indulge in investigative reporting to update the populace on issues such as civil rights in colleges, their compliance with the federal law on issuing Form 990, crime and graduation rates and standards of community college education.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 1995
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Profiting from the disadvantaged
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The less affluent sections of the society are victims of the escalating prices charged by businesses and are the most susceptible to financial frauds. Journalists need to adopt investigative reporting to gain and provide insight into issues such as the collection of hefty fees and interest rates from low- and middle-income groups by concerns such as finance, mortgage companies and pawn shops.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 1995
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Selling higher education stories to editors
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Reporters need to focus on issues such as financial, curriculum and personnel management in higher education institutions to provide the public with insight on the happenings in these institutions. Features on personalized issues such as academic brilliance of students and race relations in colleges and universities are likely to capture public attention.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 1995
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