Media entrepreneurship: Curriculum development and faculty perceptions of what students should know

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-241

  Ferrier, Michelle Barrett ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurship; Freelance; Journalism; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011096615     PISSN: 10776958     EISSN: 21614326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077695813494833     Document Type: Article

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28. The schools represented in this study include Southern Methodist University, University of Kansas, University of Memphis, University of King’s College, University of Nebraska, Central Michigan University, Creighton University, City University of New York, Arizona State University, Oklahoma State University, Marquette University, and University of Southern Mississippi. The interviewees include the following: Jake Batsell, interview by Michelle Ferrier, June 14, 2012, transcript. Jeremy Caplan, interview by Michelle Ferrier, July 2, 2012, transcript. Pam Fine, interview by Michelle Ferrier, July 2, 2012, transcript. Gina Gayle, interview by Michelle Ferrier, June 18, 2012, transcript. Dan Gillmor, interview by Michelle Ferrier, July 2, 2012, transcript. Derina Holtzhausen, interview by Michelle Ferrier, July 11, 2012, transcript. Lurene Kelley, e-mail message to author, June 14, 2012. Lurene Kelley, interview by Michelle Ferrier, June 26, 2012, transcript. Carla Kimbrough, e-mail to author, July 16, 2012. Carla Kimbrough, interview by Michelle Ferrier, July 16, 2012, transcript. Maria Marron, e-mail message to author, June 14, 2012. Linda Menck, e-mail message to author, July 10, 2012. Kelly Toughill, e-mail message to author, June 14, 2012. Carol Zuegner, interview by Michelle Ferrier, May 29, 2012.
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