The American Society of Newspaper Editors later cited that incident in withholding a $55,000 grant. And last May, former Time magazine columnist Jack E. White pointed to concerns over free speech in explaining why he wouldn’t return to a teaching job at Hampton.
“We needed a direction and standards for our students,” says Brown, who has added a mentoring program, regular meetings with freshmen and an anti-plagiarism campaign since he joined the school in 2004.
Last year, officials created a writing center to boost incoming students’ grammar expertise. This year, they’ve expanded the program.
“We’ve started another center for excellence in broadcast journalism,” says Brown, adding that they’ve ramped up education in media sales, an often-neglected arena that can fast-track minorities to managerial newsroom positions.
Chanelle Wright is a junior broadcast major with dreams of working in television. For now, she’s building her skills with new tools she says Hampton is providing.
“We have newer cameras, we have Mac computers,” she says. “Ever year there’s been a whole lot of changes.”
--Associated Press
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