USC Pop Culture Expert is Scripps Howard 'Journalism Teacher of the Year'
First off, just how much fun does a university project named “The Image of the Journalist in Pop Culture” sound?
The massive database at USC’s Norman Lear Center, launched in 2000, now encompasses more than 76,000 records. The goal is to “investigate and analyze the conflicting images of the journalist in film, television, radio, fiction, commercials, cartoons, comic books, music, art, demonstrating their impact on the American public’s perception of newsgatherers.” And the man who oversees the program, Joe Saltzman (pictured), has just been voted 2010’s Journalism and Mass Communication Teacher of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation.
Saltzman edged out two other category finalists – the University of Illinois’ Steve Helle and Boston University’s Caryl Rivers.
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