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off a police report during class. During the week, students will clip between 6 and
8 stories from the local paper on accidents, deaths or crime report. Bring to class
and discuss.
Reading for Week 12: Mencher, Chapter 25.
Week 12
Lecture: Freedom of the press and the law
Discussion of the country’s media and how accurate and truthful students view the
journalism practiced in their homeland to be. This should be supported by outside
evaluations of the country’s press corps by media experts, such as Freedom
House and others.
Assignment for Week 13: Continue reporting on issue stories and debrief with
professor.
Reading for Week 13: Mencher, chapter 26.
Week 13
Lecture: Taste – defining the appropriate
Discussion: Professor will show a video that deals with various aspects of
stereotyping, mythmaking by the media, obscenity and graphic images. Students
will be led through a discussion on the importance of standards and general
guidelines for journalists.
Assignments for Week 14: Complete issue story due at beginning of class next
time.
Second assignment for Week 14: Check websites, provided by the professor, and
find at least three codes of conduct for journalists. As a class project, groups could
be appointed to call local media outlets during the week to see if they have codes
of conduct for their journalists.
Reading for week 14: Mencher, chapter 27
Week 14
Lecture: The morality of journalism
Turn in issue stories and discuss the reporting/writing process.
Exercise: Students will work in groups to share what they found from local media
on ethics codes. They will use that material to create what they would determine
to be model guidelines.
Reading and assignment for Week 15: Poynter Institute website on ethical
decision-making.
Week 15
Lecture: Media and diversity/walking through ethical minefields
Small group exercise: Students will be given case studies to work through using