Weekly classroom hours: 3
Week 1: Introduction to international news media
Week 2: Types of news stories; dissection of a news website
Week 3: Selection of local stories for international news media (1)
Week 4: Story selection (2)
Week 5: Live sources for interviews
Week 6: Use of documents as news sources
Week 7: Interview techniques
Week 8: Note taking and interview practice
Week 9: Mid-term project due (your story, your interviews)
Week 10: Coordination with photographers, videographers
Week 11: Editors and lawyers
Week 12: News writing (format)
Week 13: News writing (style)
Week 14: News writing (in-class practice)
Week 15: Broadcast and Internet newswriting
Week 16: State of the industry (ownership shifts, converging media types, multi-talented employees)
Week 17: International journalism job market
Week 18: Final projects due (Final story written from interview notes)
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