APME National Credibility Roundtables Project

UNIVERSITIES
Provide this information to APME within two weeks after the Credibility Roundtable is held at your newspaper. You may fill out this online form and send via e-mail by clicking on the Submit button below. Or you may answer the questions on a separate sheet and mail to National Credibility Roundtables Project, Associated Press Managing Editors, The Associated Press, 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001. If you have questions, e-mail Credibility Roundtables staff at credibility@ap.org or call (212) 621-7502.

BASIC ROUNDTABLE INFORMATION:

Name of university:
Name of newspaper partner:
Professor directing roundtable project:
Name:
Title:
Email:
Information about the class that facilitated the roundtable:
Course:
Number of students:
Level of students (sophomore, junior,
senior, graduate):
Date and Place Roundtable was held:
Newspaper editor who was the key contact for the journalism class:
Name:
Title:
Email:

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE ITSELF:

Who took part in the roundtable? Please provide a list of participants,
who they are and how to reach them.

What were the key issues discussed at the roundtable?

Were some issues more important to readers, story subjects and sources?
If so, what were they?

Were there important points of agreement on coverage approaches or news philosophy
that would improve the newspaper's content and its credibility? What were they?

Were there points on which roundtable participants agreed to disagree?
Where were they?

Will the newspaper consider changes in its coverage of the roundtable issue,
or in its news philosophy, as a result of the discussions? What changes? (Professors should consult
with their key editor contact to answer this and other questions referring to the newspaper's actions.)

How has the newspaper informed its readers of the roundtable, what happened
there and what may occur because of the discussion?
Please send tearsheets of roundtable coverage.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLASS AND THE STUDENTS:

What did your students learn from putting on a roundtable?

What worked well in having the students organize and facilitate the roundtable?

From the professor's viewpoint?

From the newspaper's viewpoint?

What would you do differently if you had another class work on a roundtable?

INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEWSPAPER:

What was important for the university to offer to gain the newspaper's cooperation?

What was important for the newspaper to provide to help the university and the professor?

Do you have any other advice for professors who would like to do a roundtable?  If so, please include it here.

Thank you for your help in reporting what happened at your roundtable. We've tried to keep paperwork to a minimum. Please do complete the forms in a timely fashion.

Knowing what was accomplished at your pioneering roundtable is important. Other editors will follow your path to improving credibility.

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