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Volume 15, Number 2, 2025

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Thanks for clicking into our edition. You'll find some fine research and ideas here.

As you might expect, AI comes up in some of the articles. Professional journalists nationwide (and globally) are gauging the power of computers to do real reporting, finding news in ways that teams of humans have done for generations. Could AI have produced the investigations that the Spotlight team at the Boston Globe produced? Could it have done what the New York Times reporters did to unmask sex abuse in the film industry? So far, the answer seems to be no. But the things AI can do are an ongoing ethical problem for educators. We hope this edition's ideas (about AI and other topics) get you thinking more deeply about what you teach and why it matters to your students. Interact with the writers. They're hungry for feedback, and dialogue (even disagreement) is what makes us all better educators. May the unfolding of 2026 bring you new adventures in the journey we call education for journalism and media. Keep us in mind for your next research project (or review of books or other media).


Michael A. Longinow
School of Fine Arts & Communication
Biola University
TJMC editor

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Vol. 15, no. 2 (2025)

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Developing an Anti-Dehumanization Pedagogy
Anyun Chatterjee and David T.Z. Mindich

GenAI in Mass Communication Education: Interviews with Instructors
Azhar Iqbal, Shanawer Rafique, Blessing Tapiwa Jona, and Hyunjin Seo

Professional Extension of the Classroom: Local News Editors’ Perspectives on News-Academic Partnerships
Lara Salahi and Christina C. Smith

Beyond the classroom: How do students evaluate political information after information literacy course
Olushola Aromona

TEACHING ARTICLES

Using Audio Quizzes to Assess Student Learning in an Online Asynchronous Summer Podcasting Course
Chad Whittle

Environmental Journalism Training from the Gobi to the Grand Coulee: Reflections on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) in Mongolian and U.S. classrooms
Derek Moscato, Bayarmaa Boldbaatar, and Ariunzaya Norovsuren 

Critique through Exploration: Critical AI Studies
Michael Hoye

Building Industry-Ready Journalists: A Practical Approach to Design and Storytelling
Ecaterina Stepaniuc

From the Streets to the Syllabus: Teaching Journalism Framing Through Protest Coverage
Mamunor Rashid

Making Communication Theory Tangible Through Public Engagement Projects
Norzita Yunus

Close the Gap: Preparing journalism students in Gen AI skills for the industry
Pallavi Guha

Preparing Students for the Marketplace and Connections to the AI Revolution
Rachel Kaplan

Editing rules will be memed: Using memes to support writing practice in journalism courses
Volha Kananovich

BOOK REVIEWS

Teaching Crisis with Clarity: How Effective Crisis Communication Bridges Theory and Practice
Review by Cessna Winslow

Risks of Unconditional Belief in Students’ Stories
Review by Gil Carter and Cheryl Chambers