Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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JOUR 4670 - Foreign Correspondence
Role of foreign correspondent in news gathering. History, scope, and techniques for reporting news from around the world.
Requisites: (JOUR 231A and 233) or (231 and 233) or 2310 or 2311
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Consider obstacles faced in complex and unfamiliar regions and dangerous territories.
- Critically assess the roles and challenges facing foreign correspondents.
- Critically seek newsworthy stories and be aware of cultural differences.
- Learn how to report and relate global events to their local, wide-ranging audiences.
- Learn the current trends and criticism of international journalistic roles.
- Produce two publishable international news articles in form of “Special Reports.”
- Understand the conditions under which embedded scribes operate in wars and other conflicts.
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