Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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Week 13
1. Lecture: (Sector to be selected by the instructor)
Readings for next meeting:
Will depend on the sector to be selected by the instructor
2. Lecture: (Sector to be selected by the instructor)
Assignment: Weekly project memo. To be emailed two days before next meeting.
Week 14
1. Final pre-revision consultation
2. Submission of investigative project
Assignment: Students prepare presentations for show-and-tell seminar.
Week 15
1. & 2. Seminar: What We Uncovered; Second Term wrap-up
Grading and assessment protocol:
First term:
Deep Profile 10%
Trend Story 15%
In-class and take-home tasks 15%
Attendance and participation 5%
Second term:
Investigative Story Pitch,
Reporting Plan and
Project Memos 10%
Investigative Project 30%
In-class and take-home tasks 10%
Attendance and participation 5%
Comments:
Suggestions for the Master’s degree level:
1. Shorten the time for students to report and write the deep profile
2. Drop the trend story
3. Require an investigative project, but not as elaborate as the bachelor’s degree’s
4. Halve the number of meetings on computer-assisted reporting in the First Term
by replacing in-class exercises with take-home tasks
5. Reduce the number of articles for discussion, but retain Watergate and at least a
couple of high-impact in-depth reports
6. Drop the two additional sectors the course will examine in the Second Term
7. Devote only one meeting to investigating corruption in government
8. Have one instead of two meetings on “Online Resources”
9. Reorder some topics (e.g. introduction to other software in the Second Term
should follow spreadsheets and database management in the First Term).
Contributed by Yvonne T. Chua, Assistant Professor, Journalism Department,
College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines (Diliman)