During the spring 2022 semester, a class of College of Journalism and Mass Communications students examined past coverage by the Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald to determine if the coverage was true, fair and accurate.
In the fall of 2022, former Omaha World-Herald editor Randy Essex approached Shari Veil, dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, about partnering on a project to examine past OWH reporting to determine if racism existed in its coverage. Dean Veil agreed and quickly tapped two of the college’s faculty, Joseph Weber, Jerry and Karla Huse professor of news-editorial, and Shoun Hill, assistant professor of practice, to teach the course.
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