Inverting the Inverted Pyramid: A Conversation about the Use of Feminist Theories to Teach Journalism

Authors

Danna L. Walker, American University
Margaretha Geertsema, Butler UniversityFollow
Barbara Barnett, University of Kansas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Publication Title

Feminist Teacher

First Page

177

Last Page

194

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ftr.0.0048

Additional Publication URL

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/feminist_teacher/v019/19.3.walker.html

Abstract

Teaching is always challenging, and for some of us who are feminists, teaching journalism is particularly difficult. The tenets of good journalism—objectivity and neutrality—are often antithetical to our feminist values. We face the dilemma of how to incorporate feminist sensibilities into teaching journalism—a profession that strives for detachment and, at times, seems oblivious to its own position of power.

Rights

From Feminist Teacher. Copyright 2009 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Used with permission of the University of Illinois Press. This article may not be reproduced, posted online, photocopied or distributed without written permission from the University of Illinois Press.

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Recommended Citation

Walker, D., Geertsema, M., and Barnett, B. (2009). Inverting the Inverted Pyramid: A Conversation about the Use of Feminist Theories to Teach Journalism. Feminist Teacher, 19 (3), pp. 177-194. Available from: http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/ccom_papers/6