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Depth Report, College of Journalism and Mass Communications Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-14-08-02

Scope and Contents

The reports were written and published by students in creative editing and depth reporting classes in the College of Journalism, supervised by Journalism faculty. The content of the reports cover a wide variety of topics such as activism, buffalo, campus expansion, charity, death, elderly, Farm Aid, football, homecoming, homosexuality, the Oregon Trail, police, registration, welfare, among others. There are also reports on several countries, including Germany, Bolivia, Cuba, and France.

Starting in 1999, the class began producing documentaries as well as the reports. Files related to the documentaries include research, interviews, film footage, drafts, editing notes, and the documentaries.

Dates

  • 1962 - 2014

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The records are processed and are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the University of Nebraska. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records or their designees. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections.

Biographical / Historical

Journalism classes at the University of Nebraska began in 1894 under the direction of Will Owen Jones, both a student and a faculty member. Miller Moore Fogg, a professor in English, directed the School of Journalism after it formed in 1923. In 1979 the School became independent of the College of Arts and Sciences and in 1985 became officially the College of Journalism. It is now known as the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Extent

7.5 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series. The first series contains the published magazine. The second series contains materials related to the documentaries, including research, interviews, film footage, drafts, editing notes, and the documentaries.

Custodial History

The records were transfered from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Processing Information

In 2022, Madison White processed the collection. A new accession was incorporated into the collection, which was largely made up of documentary files. Documentary files were grouped into documentaries. Not all audio and video media were identified, so some of the arrangement was based on where media was found in relation to other files. After arrangement, a new finding aid was created to reflect the new materials.

Title
Depth Report, College of Journalism and Mass Communications Records
Status
Completed
Author
Madison White
Date
2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository

Contact:
Archives & Special Collections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
P.O. Box 884100
Lincoln NE 68588-4100 United States
402-472-2531