Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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instructor to develop analytical, critical and reporting skills in the various genres
of arts reporting, including: reviewing, profiles, reflective essays / features in the
student’s chosen medium. Workshops may be organised around particular tasks &
will include attendance at cultural event with instructor and live reporting exercises.
Production exercises (variable duration) to synthesise knowledge and skills in
realistic, time-constrained activities aimed at specific readers / viewers and resulting
in creation of wall newspaper / magazine dummy/ radio or TV magazine/website etc
depending on resources.
Pedagogical approach
Combines four elements:
• journalistic work in print, online, radio or TV, utilising a variety of genres in cultural
coverage
• critical analysis of the key features of existing coverage, and discussion of criteria
for excellence in coverage
• critical reflection on the social, economic and political role of the culture
industries and the methods by which the media report, analyse and promote them;
• input from working journalists in cultural field, as guest speakers, instructors.
Number of weeks of course: 30 weeks, 2 semesters
Required and recommended texts
The major requirement is that students should expose themselves to the best
contemporary arts journalism in their own country and language: the arts and review
pages of daily and weekend newspapers, magazines and reviews, specialist arts, film
and television magazines and the leading international periodicals. And such radio
and television equivalents as are available.
Required
• Allan, Stuart (2004) ‘The Rise of ‘Objective’ Newspaper Reporting’ in News Culture,
Maidenhead(UK):Open University Press, 2nd edition pp.7 – 24
• Allen, Rod (2005) ‘The art of reviewing’ in Richard Keeble ed. Print Journalism: a
critical introduction, Abingdon: Routledge. pp.179 -188.
• Anderson, Benedict (1991) Imagined Communities, London: Verso. Ch 2 ‘Cultural
Roots’.
• Hesmondalgh, Desmond (2002) The Culture Industries, London: Sage.
Introduction, Ch 2 ‘`approaches to Culture’, Ch 5 ‘Ownership, Organisation and
Cultural Work’..
• Keeble, Richard ( 2006) Newspapers Handbook, London: Routledge, Ch 13 ‘Some
specialist areas: personal columns, reviewing, freelancing’.