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2025 Spring

REPORTING II - JRN201 Spring 2025


Course
David Vaughan
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Here is the course outline:

1. Lesson 1

Feb 9

Overall introduction: Assignments that will be set during this course. Priorities of the course. Ways of working.

2. Lesson 2

Feb 16

Reporting from the field

3. Lesson 3

Feb 23

News reporting from the field (continued), the role of media training in today's political reporting, and the art of newswriting

4. Lesson 4

Mar 2

Assignment 1: Newswriting.

5. Lesson 5

Mar 9

Visit from the well-known Czech journalist Vít Pohanka, who has worked as a correspondent in many countries - from the US to Iraq.

6. Lesson 6

Mar 16

Artificial Intelligence and preparation for Czech Radio visit

7. Lesson 7

Apr 8

Visit to Czech Radio

8. Lesson 8

Apr 12

Analysis of Radio Prague

9. Lesson 9

Apr 20

Visit from Ray Furlong, a journalist from RFE/RL

10. Lesson 10

Apr 27

Radio Prague International: presentations

11. Lesson 11

May 4

Techniques of Persuasion

12. Lesson 12

Peer reviewing Assignment 3

13. Lesson 13: Defining Propaganda

May 18

Looking for a definition of propaganda

14. Lesson 13: Pitching a story for maximum impact

Pitching articles for Assignment 3

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