ICMPA | University of Maryland

Ten years after Columbine, almost 8 years after 9/11,
and 6 years since the invasion of Iraq, the nation's top journalism schools are still not teaching their students how to cover violence and report on trauma.

Teaching journalism students how to cover violence, victims and trauma.

Introduction

Authors & Contributors

Universities Studied

Authors and Contributors

Dr. Jad Melki: Project Director

Jad Melki, Ph.D., the research director of ICMPA and a faculty member at the Salzburg Academy, is an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. Before that, Melki was a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University and Towson University, teaching courses on research methods, media and society, media literacy, and media, war and terrorism. Melki had been a broadcast and online journalist working with US and Arab media. more information

Dr. Susan D. Moeller: Supervisor

Susan Moeller, the director of ICMPA, is a professor of media and international affairs at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism and the School of Public Policy. Moeller was recently named a 2008 Carnegie Scholar - one of 20 Americans annually honored by the Carnegie Corporation of NY. She is author of several books including Packaging Terrorism: Co-opting the News for Politics and Profit, and Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death. more information

Dr. Paul Mihailidis: Researcher and Editor

Paul Mihailidis, Ph.D., ICMPA's director of media education initiatives, is an assistant professor of media studies at Hofstra University and director of the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change. He has published articles on media literacy, global media education, journalism education, and new media influences on international education. Mihailidis currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE).

Megan Fromm: Researcher and Editor

Megan Fromm, ABD, is a research fellow at ICMPA and an adjunct professor at Towson University. She has worked as a reporter and copy editor at newspapers in Colorado and California. Megan was the youngest person ever to be awarded the Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine Award and the Colorado Press Association's Friend of the First Award. Megan is currently a doctoral student at the College of Journalism at UMD. Her dissertation will focus on student press rights, scholastic journalism and citizenship.

Shuling Huang: Researcher

Shuling Huang is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. She had worked for a leading newspaper in Taiwan as reporter and copy editor for six years. Her research interests include cultural studies, immigrant studies and media globalization, with a focus on Greater China.

Also

Special thanks to Dr. Meg Spratt and her students from the Universtiy of Washington, who contributed to the success of this project and offered help and suggestions throughout the process.

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