Syllabus Exchange
The Syllabus Exchange, in partnership with the Broadcast Education Association, gives educators a way to enhance their curriculum by sharing ideas and teaching materials. Our goal is to provide a database of course syllabi, assignments, exercises and other teaching materials that can be shared. Our focus is in the area of journalism, electronic media and communication studies. We welcome not only editorial-sequence syllabi but also those from related fields, such as advertising and public relations. We also welcome high school and other teachers.
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Syllabus: Communication Technology and Social Change
- Jay Newell
- Iowa State University
- Syllabus
- Online and/or Emerging Technologies
- College Graduate School
This is a syllabus for a graduate seminar at Iowa State University. The initial part of the semester was understanding pathways to social change, the remainder of the semester was integrating ideas about communication technology into social change.
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Communication Law syllabus
This is a general communication law course designed for communication undergraduates but particularly those who are majoring in print journalism. It provides an overview to the basic areas of mass comm law.
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Introduction to Journalism
Course policies and 15-week schedule for an introductory journalism course. The focus early in the course is upon the fundamentals of news writing (Harrower) and the elements of journalism (Kovach and Rosenstiel). The second half of the course introduces online journalism through assignments requiring a beat blog and a slideshow suitable for online delivery.
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Self & Peer Evaluation Form for Group Video Projects
A self and peer evaluation sheet for production teams. I have the students fill one of theses out every time they work on a group video project. I do not return the sheets to the students to the individual comments remain anonymous, but the peer evaluation scores are factored into their grade for the project.
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News21: Reporting on the American Tapestry
This class will examine that an America town that is defined as median by top-line 2010 U.S. Census data and how fundamental issues of economics, culture, politics, religion, ethnicity, and other factors are affecting the rhythms of life there presently and what they portend for the future.
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News21: Environmental Reporting
Ethnicity, economics, energy use… All of these areas and others will be strongly impacted by the predicted shifts in U.S. demographics for the first half of the 21st century. Already the United States consumes far more energy than any other country in the world.
This class will explore (through, reading, guest speakers, analysis and discussion) the demographic predictions for the United States and see how they may impact our country’s energy needs. From this research we will look to predict viable energy solutions and explore their feasibility.
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News21: Reporting Seminar in Food Safety
- Jody Brannon
- Arizona State
- Syllabus
- Online and/or Emerging Technologies
- Reporting
- College Graduate School
This is a News21 seminar to prepare an in-depth reporting project about food safety. Students will research and interview experts about food safety issues and develop a mission, themes and specific assignments for stories to be completed this summer in News21 newsrooms at the Cronkite School and Maryland’s Merrill College.
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News21: Accountability Journalism
A seminar on accountability journalism – its history, mission and techniques. Students will research and analyze notable examples of accountability journalism, discuss how it with professional investigative reporters and editors, and prepare a proposal for an accountability journalism story or project that could be done for Cronkite News next semester. This is suited for upper division undergrads and grad students.
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News21: Brave Old World: America Ages
- Jody Brannon
- Columbia
- Syllabus
- Online and/or Emerging Technologies
- Reporting
- College Graduate School
Research, reporting and innovative presentations on the ramifications of an aging society (economic, cultural and sociological).
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News21: Carnegie Research Seminar in Food Safety
- Jody Brannon
- Maryland
- Syllabus
- Multimedia
- Online and/or Emerging Technologies
- Reporting
- College Graduate School
This is a News21 seminar to prepare an in-depth reporting project about food safety. Students will research and interview experts about food safety issues, and develop a mission, themes and specific assignments for stories to be completed this summer in News21 newsrooms at the Arizona School and Maryland’s Merrill College.
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