| Show Named To U. U U. U Journalism Staff The development of the nations nation's weeklies and smallest lest dallies dailies might well be the responsibility of schools and departments of Journalism This is the opinion of M. M Neff Be Smart who has Just been named to the staff stat of the Jour Jour- Journalism Journalism Journalism Department at the University of Utah The nt of Mr Smart is 15 announced by Quintus C. C Wilson head hend I of the Department Mr Smart Is pub pub- publisher publisher publisher lisher of the Geneva Times sec sec- secretary secretary I c-I of tile the Utah State Press Association Association tion and chairman of the Education I n nI Committee ok the State Press tion I In his announcement Professor Wilson stated that Mr Smart will direct a new type of Journalistic community service His IUs services are offered to high school Journalism teachers and publications ad- ad adi advisers i in working out their problems I Ho will the teachers in obtaining the cooperation of a the weekly editors throughout the state of Utah In the printing of high school publications I This service Is 15 aimed at a better coop coop- cooperation cooperation cooperation between editors and Journalism teachers Mr Smart In accepting the appoint appoint- appointment appointment appointment ment said that schools and departments of Journalism can serve the cause of freedom and democracy by pointing up to fa students the need for lor Dr production and expression of ideas His statement Is as follows I 1 firmly believe that the resources of our weekly and hometown dally daily newspapers arc are being neglected All the studies have shown that these news new newspapers newspapers papers have a remarkably heavy y reader reader- readership readership readership ship yet this Is being Interpreted to the public only in terms of the corn com community com I press as an acceptable advertis advertis- advertising advertisIng advertising ing medium It might better be inter inter- interpreted interpreted to the tho public as a factor In our social and political economy Inter Inter-I Political thinking and the airing of these Ideas are arc not the private field of ofa a a. few pundits in Washington and New York The market place of Ideas should exist as a well In the grass roots of our nation and our country can be served by reversing the trend which is giving us a shrinking market place of thought This can be aone aono best It seems to me by utilizing and developing devel the com com- community community community press pres The development of the nations nation's I weeklies and smallest dallies dailies might well be t the responsibility of our schools and particularly of our universities and their their Journalism departments They certainly j could serve the cause of oi freedom and democracy by pointing up to students I I the need for the production and express sion slon of Ideas on every every level and by giving gly ng us graduates who are not only trained t to print our community papers but who have the vision and courage to to- to tomake make their voices heard v |
