Published: February 20, 1997
Last Updated: February 21, 1997
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RESTON, Va. – The American Society of Newspaper Editors has named 24 educators to participate in the third Institute for Journalism Excellence. The 1997 Fellows, representing colleges and universities from around the country, will be working this summer at newspapers across the country and in Canada. The project is funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

“During the six-week newsroom residency, the Fellows are immersed in the day-to-day excitement of putting out a newspaper,” said Edward L. Seaton, chairman of ASNE’s Education for Journalism Committee and editor-in-chief of The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kan. “Through their hands-on experience, the educators take a renewed knowledge of newspaper operations and journalistic practices back to their classrooms. The newspapers benefit from their exposure to the educators. The Institute establishes new ties between newspapers and journalism education.”

The 1997 Institute for Journalism Excellence Fellows and their newspapers are:

• Debashis Aikat, assistant professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at Philadelphia Online.
• Michael Berlin, associate professor, College of Communication, Boston University, at The Oregonian, Portland.
• Elizabeth V. Burt, assistant professor, School of Communication, University of Hartford (Conn.), at The Hartford Courant.
• Charles N. Davis, assistant professor, Center for Communication Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, at The Dallas Morning News.
• Larry Day, professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of West Florida, Pensacola, at The Miami Herald.
• Elizabeth Fraas, professor, Department of Mass Communications, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, at The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Stewart Haas, associate professor, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C., at The Seattle Times.
• Beth A. Haller, assistant professor of journalism, Department of Speech and Mass Communication, Towson State University, Towson, Md., at the San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, Calif.
• Jane Harrigan, associate professor and journalism director, English Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, at the St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
• Nishan Havandjian, professor and department head, Department of Journalism, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif., at The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City.
• James Phillip Jeter, professor and director of graduate studies, Division of Journalism, Florida A&M; University, Tallahassee, Fla., at The State, Columbia, S.C.
• Laura Kelly, instructor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Florida International University, North Miami, at the Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif.
• Wilma King-Jones, associate professor, Department of Journalism, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, at Gannett News Service, Arlington, Va.
• Tendayi S. Kumbula, assistant professor and news-editorial sequence coordinator, Department of Journalism, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind., at The Detroit News.
• Loup M. Langton, assistant professor, School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia, at the Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas.
• Patricia G. McNeely, professor, College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia, at The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
• Edward Midura, assistant professor, Mass Media Arts, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, at the Tulsa World, Tulsa, Okla.
• Steven Pasternack, professor and department head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, at The Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska.
• Timothy D. Smith, professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, at The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.
• Kirk Stone, assistant professor, Media Studies/Communication, College of Charleston, S.C., at the Calgary Herald, Alberta, Canada.
• Elizabeth Watts, assistant professor, School of Mass Communications, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, at The Star-Tribune, Minneapolis.
• Ed Williams, associate professor, Department of Journalism, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., at The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio.
• Clemens P. Work, professor, School of Journalism, University of Montana, Missoula, at The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, Calif.
• Barbara Zang, instructor, Department of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia, at The Syracuse Newspapers.