J492/592 International Journalism Calendar
Fall 2005
Under Development: Last updated 11-27-05
Subject to change by in-class announcement
COURSE SCHEDULE
1. Challenge and crisis in international news (September 26,
28.) READ: Sreberny and Paterson, Introduction. For Wednesday, bring
your international news self-audit for discussion.
2. U.S. news: read Locally, think locally (October 3, 5). READ:
Sreberny and Paterson, Chapter 2. Bring a copy of an off-campus daily
newspapers for class discussion.
First graduate book review due Wednesday, October
5.
Video Resources: Library VT 00673: "The Myth of the Liberal
Press." (2002)
3. International news and political authority (October 10, 12) READ:
Sreberny and Paterson, Chapters 7, 8.
First undergraduate news comparison paper due Wednesday,
October 12.
Graduate research essay proposals due Wednesday, October
12.
Video Resources: Library VT 0607: "Peace, Propaganda and the
Promised Land: U.S. Media in the Israel-Palestine Conflict."
(2000)
4. News agencies: Where international news really comes from
(October 17, 19) READ: Sreberny and Paterson, Chapter 1.
Guest speaker Monday, October 17: Chris Frisella, News
Editor, Eugene
Register-Guard
Midterm Examination questions available Wednesday, October
19 (Due Monday, October 24.)
5. Global TV: Living-room world (October 24, 26) READ: Sreberny and
Paterson, Chapter 3.
Completed midterm examinations due at the beginning of
class on Monday, October 24.
Videotape: "The Whole World is Watching," from Investigative
Productions, Inc., Toronto, 1987. Not in Knight Library, but
interlibrary loan available through Summit.
Television news agencies
APTN (Associated Press
Television News)
Video resources: Library VT 01617: "A New World of Television:
Eastern Europe". (1990)
6. What's missing from international news? (October 31, November 2)
READ: Sreberny and Paterson, Chapters 6, 11.
PTV(Pakistan)
Second graduate book review due Wednesday, November
2
Special event Friday, November 4: Careers seminar with
William Drozdiak, former foreign correspondent for the Washington
Post, 1:30-2:45 p.m., 111 Lillis.
Video Resources: "Assignment Africa," VT 1590, Knight
Librarty.
7. War news: Is truth always the first casualty? (November 7, 9)
READ: Sreberny and Paterson, Chapter 16. Ferrari, Reporting America
at War, Introduction, 21-35, 91-131, 147-169, 192-217, Epilogue.
Graduate research progress report and outline due
Wednesday, November 9.
Video Resources:
Library DVD 0085: "Reporting America at War" (PBS, 2003)
DVD: "Control Room," interlibrary loan through Summit.
Library VT 3777: "Uneasy Partners, the Press and the
Military." (History Channel, 1996.)
Library VT 06290: "War Photographer." (2001)
8. The "CNN Effect:" Global News and Foreign Policy (November 14, 16)
READ: Sreberny and Paterson, Chapter 12, 15.
Second undergraduate news comparison paper due at the start
of class on Wednesday, November 16.
Library VT 3210: "No Man's Land: Women Frontline Journalists,"
(Canadian Broadcasting Company, 1994).
9. New Technologies and Concerns (November 21, 23) READ: Sreberny and
Paterson, Chapters 4, 9.
Blogging as Journalism
Personal Blogging: The U.S.-Iraq war:
10. International news and global citizenship (November 28, 30) READ:
Sreberny and Paterson, Chapters 13, 14.
Final Examination Questions Available on Wednesday,
November 30 (Due Monday, December 5).
Graduate Papers Due on Wednesday, December 7.