e-mail: jmcclell@roosevelt.edu

Reporting award $100
entries 1/8/2010* to 3/22/2010

Well-sourced student reporting work from class, Torch or for-credit internship
is eligible for a university reporting award.
A judge's comment about the 2009 winning work, lightly rephrased:
I absolutely detest golf, but I recognize well-sourced reporting
and good writing, and this story has it.

The spring 2010 award competition is open to R.U. student journalism
work completed after spring break 2009. (for info)

Winter 2009-10 (updated 1/15/10)

Advising Availability: see:
RU Advisor Finder
for pre-scheduled hours.
Additional hours t.b.a. for December-January
Call staff at 312-281-3238 for appointments.

Phone: No dedicated on-campus line now.
Office staff for limited help, 312-281-3238.

E-mail is best: jmcclell@roosevelt.edu
Current and recent Roosevelt students: Whenever possible, please use your free RU mail:
MyMail.roosevelt.edu.

Spring Course: Jour319 News Reporting.
Mondays, Jan. 25 through May 10, usually 2-4:30 p.m. probably in Gage.
Weekly outside work mostly or entirely at times students arrange.
Expect at least one 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. field trip,
probably on five weeks' notice.
Pre-req Jour220 or similar college-level reporting (!).
Details in Blackboard about Jan. 23.

Advising Advice: For an unofficial essay of advising advice, click here.

Postal address:
John McClelland 505Gage
Department of Communication
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago IL 60605-1394

About us: The Department of Communication is in
Roosevelt's College of Arts and Sciences.
The department has modern facilities on both campuses.

The Torch Student newspaper:
I encourage students to pick up the paper Torch early most class weeks,
to visit the Web site (link above), to sign up for its e-mail alerts, and
to consider working on it several terms before graduation.

Roosevelt's home page

Society of Professional Journalists
Students may join the national SPJ and the Chicago Headline Club local pro chapter at half price.
Roosevelt students participate in some Headline Club events.
I encourage journalism students to join SPJ, support its national advocacy
for freedom of expression and truthfully effective news media, and
to take advantage of its ongoing professional education and networking events.

Obama-mania: For my photos of the president as a lowly state senator in 2004 click here.

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