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School of Business and Justice Studies
Tangerine Staffers Get International Perspective
Patty Louise, adjunct professor of journalism and
Tangerine advisor, was struck by the fervent and serious
disposition she encountered in February when
she and a group of UC journalism students attended
the first International Student Media Conference in
Warsaw, Poland.
Nearly 70 student journalists from more than a
dozen countries converged at the first international
meeting of student media. There, panel discussions,
break-out groups, and sidebar conversations revealed
both common challenges facing student publications
and different approaches to addressing journalism’s
shifting paradigm.
Lithuanian students lamented about disappearing
revenue streams at their school, while Polish students
displayed a sense of urgency for their country to embrace
the precepts of democracy and modernity. But
the common themes that ran through the conference
revealed shared aims among journalists the world over.
Louise was impressed with the work ethic and the
curiosity the student journalists displayed over the
course of the conference and how, despite cultural and
political differences and language barriers, journalists
have common concerns and goals. “It was a conference
to bring together students from around the world to
talk about problems that transcend national borders,”
she explained.
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Louise’s own contribution to the conference was a
presentation on the Web sites that some U.S. newspapers
use and the different approaches they take to the
medium. She and Tangerine editor Stephanie Ogozaly
’09 led a roundtable discussion that addressed a variety
of issues common to all college journalists, including
how to motivate students, how to work with administration,
how to deal with reactions to stories by the
readers, how to juggle being a student and being part
of a newspaper, and how to use sound news judgment.
Other presentations focused on story development,
content, censorship, and the rapidly changing ways in
which all media approach journalism.
“We compared notes on censorship. We were the
only American paper at the conference and we came at
things with that freedom,” Louise observed. “Some of
the other students told how their work had to be vetted
by an advisor or an administration official. Others
would go to put things in their paper and it would be
pulled by administration. So they had different forums,
and they pushed the envelope in different ways.”
Ogozaly remembers how eager other students were
to get the American perspective on a range of topics,
both inside and out of the journalism field.
“That was the best part of the trip,” she said of the
cultural exchange. “We talked about everything from
politics to health care to pop culture. I really enjoy getting
different cultural perspectives on issues.”
Professor of Criminal Justice George Curtis has been appointed dean of the School of
Business and Justice Studies.
As dean, Curtis will oversee the school’s administration and support the work of
faculty and students in the accounting, business economics, construction management,
criminal justice, cybersecurity, economic crime, economics, health studies management,
journalism, management, pubic relations, and risk management and insurance majors,
as well as the School’s graduate programs.
Curtis has served on the College’s full-time faculty since 1999. In addition to his teaching
responsibilities, he has served as director of economic crime graduate programs, and
is executive director of the Economic Crime Institute.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and his juris doctorate from
Brooklyn Law School.
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