The Case Method: Art and Skill
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The Case Method:Art and Skill
Narrative storytelling for interactive learning
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Why cases?
Beyond reporting and writing
Build skills of critical thinking and judgment
Encourage students to think for themselves
Vicarious workplace experience
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What a “teaching” case does
Vehicle for discussion
Tells story, stops at a decision point
Presents at least two equally compelling potential courses of action
Leaves to students hard work of deciding what to do next
Describes, does not prescribe
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What a case class is
Participatory, interactive
Faculty as “guide”
3 levels of learning: content, skills, self-knowledge
“Less is more” from faculty
Vicarious experience
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Case Method thought processanalysis
diagnosis
anticipate consequences
prescription
defend position
= Critical Thinking, Judgment
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Our case focus: leadership, management, ethics
Sample questions:
Should an obit identify an Army officer as gay?Washington Post
Does crowdsourcing makes sense for community news?Fort Myers (FL) News-Press
What price press freedom? Far Eastern Economic Review (Dow Jones)
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Case questions cont.In science reporting, what does “balanced”
mean?Milwaukee Journal SentinelYork Daily Record
How should a news organization react if attacked by the government of the day?BBC
How do you balance responsible reporting and competitive pressures?New England Cable News
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Case topic areas(broadcast, print, digital)
International
Investigative reporting
Beat reporting (science, education etc.)
Crisis management
Ethics
Media business
Strategic management
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Topic areas cont.Editorial decisionmaking
Newsroom management
Blogging
Crisis reporting
News graphics
Gender, race & ethnicity
Privacy
Celebrity reporting
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We live onlinehttp://casestudies.jrn.columbia.edu
Or straight to library:http://casestudies.jrn.columbia.edu/collection
Or individual caseChristian Science Monitor
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