Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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wars, massacres, violence. The course will pay special attention to sensitivity and
safety issues in reporting on conflict.
Media and society
Critical analysis of the role the media play in the architecture of democracy and the
effect of political, economic, cultural, and technological factors on the operation of
the media. The course will include national and international issues of censorship
and government control, media and conflict (including civil militancy and violence,
and peace initiatives), the organization and ownership of media, the value of media
diversity and pluralism, gender, ethnic, religious and racial sensitivity, issues of
social class, poverty, development, and public health, the impact of technological
change, advertising, and trends such as celebrity journalism and “infotainment”,
the media’s role as critic, the effect of news coverage on the public, and the ways in
which governments exercise power and communicate through the media. national
and international and an introduction to different journalistic cultures and practices.
Newspaper workshop
In this workshop, students produce a weekly newspaper from start to finish — from
generating story ideas to producing the pages to the final stage before printing.
The workshop therefore includes instruction and practice in newspaper reporting,
writing, editing, page design, and online page production. Students will be introduced
to the skills that news editors (or assignment editors) — as well as reporters — use
to generate assignments, and the skills copy editors (or sub-editors) use to select
and handle stories and pictures. They will learn to edit for tightness, accuracy and
style, to see the story as a whole and line by line. They will learn to design and
produce pages, including selecting and using stories and pictures, and writing
captions, headlines, sub-heads, etc. By the end of the workshop they should be
prepared to work as page editors on newspapers. In this workshop, or as a separate
workshop, students will receive instruction in the principles and practices of
photojournalism, photographing news, features, portraits, and sports, and designing
and producing picture layouts using digital techniques.
Broadcast workshop
Students will develop story ideas, assign stories, write, edit, line up and perform
newscasts, host, do tape talks, prepare mini-documentaries, and conduct studio and
field interviews. By the end of the workshop they will have the knowledge and skills
to produce a news report or interview that meets professional standards and should
be ready to begin work on the editing or production staff of a radio or television news
program.