The Journalism Educator Collaborative is a network of 125 professors and instructors who teach reporting skills classes throughout the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. We share ideas, collaborate on projects, crowdsource resources with the goal of improving Journalism School curriculum. Our major paradigm pushes the contemporary movement called “engagement journalism,” which asks journalists to build different kinds of relationships with sources, audiences, communities, institutions, and each other. Sue Robinson, who founded and directed the JEC, hosts 2-3 workshops each year to learn about innovative techniques (and how to teach them) and to brainstorm classwork. If interested in joining the JEC, please fill out this Google Form.

The JEC has created a series of working curriculum modules whose components include power point slide decks, assignments, class exercises, readings, discussion prompts, and other materials. All of these incorporate engagement practices, trust-building strategies, and inclusive approaches. So far, we have created the following modules:

• Basic Engagement Strategies

• Power & Privilege

• Content Collaboration

• Community Conversation Facilitation

All of these modules are available to educators. If interested, please fill out this Google Form. Special thanks to Jesse Benn of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for organizing all of these into a pdf and shaping it out.