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http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/25/at-university-of-denver-journalism-=
students-required-to-write-wikipedia-entries/

College students know the online resource of which they dare not speak:
Wikipedia, the voluminous internet encyclopedia demonized by many in higher
education=97and a resource that two University of Denver instructors use as=
 a
centerpiece of their curriculum.

Denver journalism students are writing Wikipedia entries as part of a
curriculum that stresses online writing and content creation as readers mov=
e
to the web en masse.

Journalism instructors Lynn Schofield Clark and Christof Demont-Heinrich
said students are told to check their sourcing carefully, just as they woul=
d
for an assignment at a local newspaper.

[Snip]

Students in the university=92s Media, Film, and Journalism Studies Departme=
nt
have composed 24 Wikipedia articles this year, covering everything from the
gold standard to San Juan Mountains to bimettalism, an antiquated monetary
standard.

Demont-Heinrich said the Wikipedia entries didn=92t require old-school shoe
leather reporting=97because the online encyclopedia bars the use of origina=
l
quotes=97but they taught students how to thoroughly research a topic* befor=
e
publishing to a site viewed by more than 68 million people a month=85

* We wonder if the University of Denver library, librarians, and library
resources were part of the training?


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