Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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Writing Assignment: Students will have 45 min. to write a 30 lines’ text on any aspect
of the chosen country.
Required reading: van Ginneken’s chapters 2 and 3.
Week 3
Lecture: What is international/foreign news made of The structure of news.
External Activity: Visit to an international news agency or to a local newspaper or to a
TV station or research in the website of Inter Press Service
Required reading: van Ginneken’s chapters 6 and 7.
Week 4
Lecture: Samples of foreign reporting: subjects of the news; the concept of
newsworthiness.
Class Activity: Discussion on the international flow of news.
Reporting / writing Assignment: Students will “cover” a local event and write a news
story for an international medium.
Required reading: Shoemaker and Cohen’s Chapters 2 and 7.
Week 5
Guest lecturer: an international foreign correspondent.
Documentary: Press Pass to the World (2005). Director: Craig McCourry. Run time:
83 min. Discussion on the perception of newsworthiness.
Week 6
Class Activity: Gathering information 1: Finding international news sources
Reporting/writing Assignment: Students will perform research in 3 websites:
Reporters Without Borders, Chatham House, and the International Journalists’
Network.
Required reading: Hannerz’s Chapter 7.
Week 7
Class Activity: Gathering information 2: Conducting interviews for international news.
External Activity: Students will interview a foreign reporter on a subject found in the
websites.
Required reading: Gwinn’s “A Deadly Call of the Wild”. Seattle Times, 4 April 1989.
Week 8
Class Activity: Discussion on international news reporting styles.
Writing Assignment: Students will rewrite Gwinn’s account for the Seattle Times.
Required reading: McGill (2005)’s article