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

Danna L. Walker; Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh; Barbara Barnett

doi:10.1353/ftr.0.0048

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

Danna L. Walker, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh, Barbara Barnett

Butler University

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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.

Original language	American English
Journal	Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/ftr.0.0048
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

Keywords

feminism
journalism
teaching

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Communication
Journalism Studies

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