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Volume 16, Number 1, 2026

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

I am pleased to share with you the summer edition of TJMC. The pieces published in this issue address the latest issues affecting educators in journalism and mass communication programs across the country and the larger scholarly community. From tips on creating rubrics for effective teamwork and innovative ideas for capstone projects to using AI as a tool for reporting and encouraging students to use AI ethically by developing a collaborative AI policy, this issue provides instructors with ideas to enhance their pedagogy.

I hope you enjoy the teaching and research articles in this issue, as well as the book reviews. Please consider submitting your work for our upcoming fall issue. You can find the call for submissions on our website.

I wish you all the best for the new semester.

Newly Paul
Mayborn School of Journalism
University of North Texas
TJMC editor

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Vol. 16, no. 1 (2026)

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Developing a Team Effectiveness, Peer-Rating Rubric for Sports Journalism Ethics Classes
Sada Reed

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Media: Student Attitudes and Preparedness for Emerging Workflows
Hyangsook Lee

Navigating AI in the Classroom: Ethical Tensions and Pedagogical Opportunities in Communication Courses
Alexander E. Carter, Indah Setiawati, Kristen A. Patrow and Lee K. Farquhar

TEACHING ARTICLES

Options for the Capstone Course in Communication Departments
Jeremy Sarachan

COILing Toward Consensus: Empowering Students to Co-Create AI Social Contracts Across Cultures in Journalism and Mass Communication
Andrew Abernathy, Rosemary Avance and Martín Alejandro del Campo

Built on a Last-Minute Ask: A Virtual Networking Model for Graduating Journalism Students
Keonte Coleman

Imagining Pasts and Futures
Grace A. Giorgio and Oxala Da Silva

Using AI Tools to Augment Undergraduate Reporting
Christine McKenna

Editing Software in Sports: What Should We Be Teaching?
Susan Cardillo

BOOK REVIEWS

Change the Journalism Script to Minimize Mass Killings
Review by Catherine Strong

Well, He Told Some of it
Review by Jen Wilson