Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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Reading for next week: Blum, Chapter 1, and Loder, Chapter 1.
Week 2
Notable scientific discoveries, inventions, adaptations and other developments.
Assignment: Write a proposal for your major story on a national science issue.
The proposal must be approved by the instructor. The story is due at the end of the
second semester.
Reading for next week: Meyer (pp. 1 -3) and Sobowale (Chapter 1)
Week 3
An overview of health issues and how they impact on the well-being of citizens;
economic implications of well focused or haphazard healthcare delivery system.
Assignment: Write an eight paragraph story on the most worrisome health problem
in your community.
Reading for next week: Family Health International
Week 4
Reporting techniques for science journalism, including interviewing and
presentation.
Assignment: Interview a senior public health official in your locality on a current
issue of concern and write a 500-word story.
Reading for next week: Meyer (Chapter 3) and Sobowale (Chapter 14).
Week 5
Writing scientific and technical language for a mass audience. Sustaining accuracy
and context while writing in a way that the general public can understand.
Assignment: Interview a leading scientist or an instructor in science in your city and
write a 2- page news story.
Reading for next week: Meyer (pp 4 – 17) and Lambright (Chapter 1).
Week 6
Different branches of science and how each contributes to the enhancement of
human life; the symbiotic relationship between science and technology.
Assignment: Compare and contrast three branches of science and how they impact
on human lives (in not more than 500 words).
Reading for next week: NGA (extracts on population issues).
Week 7
Population issues: birth control; child spacing; use of contraceptives; the reality and
the politics of population control; its economic and social implications.
Assignment: Survey 20 women in your town/city and write a 10 paragraph story of