Afghanistan, Nov. 11 -- A growing number of American colleges are sending journalism students to cover local news that struggling newspapers can no longer report, but a new study warns that the faculty holding these programs together are overworked and at risk of burnout.
The research, by Sima Bhowmik of the University of Vermont and Andrea Lorenz of Kent State University, was published in the academic journal Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. It is based on interviews with 118 faculty and staff members at 101 colleges and universities, according to Nieman Lab, a journalism publication of Harvard's Nieman Foundation.
Participants described working at full capacity, with long days and too little time to coach students to the standa...