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Lion-hearted Tigers


I'm Clyde Bentley, an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Welcome to the electronic record of a talented group of college students' exploration of why the United States and the United Kingdom are "two countries divided by a common language.

I am the instructor for J4650, the London edition of Issues in Journalism. For the next four months, I will lead 15 students -- 14 from Mizzou and one from North Central College in Illinois -- in the Missouri London Program coordinated by International Enrichment. The program is based at Imperial College in central London and involves students from many Missouri colleges and universities. Journalism students take two high-level courses while working as interns at British media and advertising companies.

I will teach the core professional class that helps the students discover the contributions to journalism as we know it and to find out how modern UK journalism differs from U.S. journalism.

The students will also take a course in British Life and Culture taught by UK professors. The day after each Tuesday lecture, they will take a field trip to the appropriate site (Romans = Bath, politics = parliament, etc.)

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