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In the maelstrom of change involving the profession and practice of journalism in this first decade of the 21st Century, it is important to define, and even to defend, certain accepted standards that must be upheld by reporters regardless of their mode of information delivery.
For the benefit of students in the Journalism Program at State University of New York at Oswego, Linda Loomis is conducting a sabbatical research project that involves collecting information from professionals who have won either the Writer of the Year or the Rookie of the Year award over the past decade in the New York Press Association's annual Better Newspaper contest.
Loomis is gathering information relating to these top writers' career goals, interview techniques, reporting strategies, writing practices, and ethical concerns and practices. Her methods involve initial surveys followed by interviews with the respondents. As each reporter's contribution is developed, it will be posted on the Web sites of the Center for Community Journalism at Oswego and on the site of the student practicum for students in the major. Information from all respondents will be synthesized and analyzed to find common elements and concerns, and a teaching resource for students will be the final product of the research.
A former newspaper reporter and editor, Loomis has won local, regional and national awards and was herself the NYPA Writer of the Year in 1994. In 2000 she was named director of the Journalism program at SUNY Oswego, where she had previously been director of communications for the Office of Alumni and University Development and editor of the Oswego alumni magazine. She has taught writing courses in nonfiction, poetry and journalism as well as specialty courses in magazine, arts and environmental writing. She has been recognized with the President's Award for Excellence in Student Advisement and with an award from the National Academic Advising Association. She is on the Syracuse Press Club Wall of Distinction at the Mulroy Civic Center.
Contact Prof. Loomis at lloomis@oswego.edu.
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