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PROFESSOR LINDA BOWEN, DEPARTMENT CHAIR

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  • Department chair since Fall 2012.
  • Joined Journalism Department, Fall 1999.
  • Taught numerous courses, including the news reporting, writing and ethics sequence as well as investigative reporting and the senior tutorial.
  • Extensive reporting and editing experience at several California community newspapers.
  • Serve as an academic adviser.
  • Coordinated the annual Fall "Generation J" workshop for young journalists for more than 10 years.
  • Active in the Society of Professional Journalists: as a Greater Los Angeles pro chapter associate board member, and past adviser for the campus chapter.
  • Co-developed media literacy-based plagiarism prevention resources for CSUN faculty and students.
  • Research interests focus on integrating media literacy concepts into teaching journalism skills and on fostering civic engagement through projects, like the nationally recognized Media Mentors. 
  • California Journalism Education Coalition 2007 Educator of the Year. 
  • Previously taught journalism at Santa Barbara City College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. I am an alumna of the California State University.

JOURNALISM MISSION / STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Our Mission:
The Department of Journalism strives to prepare its students to become well-educated, principled citizens who are capable of initiating careers as skilled journalists, public relations practitioners and other related communication professionals.

Our Goals:
  • Students will be able to write for a diverse audience, using proper grammar and punctuation, word usage and spelling, sentence and storytelling structures across multiple journalistic formats.
  • Students will be able to gather and analyze information, including basic numerical concepts, using journalistic storytelling techniques, such as interviewing, observation, and researching primary and secondary sources.
  • Students will be able to think critically, creatively and independently.
  • Students will demonstrate an understanding of professional ethical principles and work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness, and diversity.
  • Students will apply tools and technologies appropriate for the news media professions in which they work to communicate for and with diverse audiences.
  • Students will be able to understand and apply the historical, theoretical, legal and societal contexts for producing news media for consumers, ranging from local to global.