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This course is for students interested in participating in a newsroom-type reporting team focused on the preparations for the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024, the world’s biggest media event. The course is primarily recommended for students with experience and a strong interest in journalism. The group will function as a multi-media newsroom, producing text stories, news photography, video journalism and audio journalism pieces destined to be published on the Peacock student media platform. Like in any newsroom, students will fill the role of reporters – across the various media listed above – or chief editors and deputy chief editors. But there is also a need for researchers, newsroom managers and social media managers, roles for which students don’t need extensive journalism experience. The content of the course’s coverage will include all newsworthy aspects of the preparations for the Olympics, ranging from ticket prices, transport problems, infrastructure, security issues (especially around the opening ceremony on the Seine), preparation of athletes, and many others that will also have the attention of global media. The course will, in addition, seek to provide coverage about how the AUP community is affected by this global event, adding value for our core audience.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an ability to identify Olympics-related news or feature topics that enhance the understanding of a media-consuming public of the 2024 Games.
- Demonstrate the ability to pitch ideas for topics and present production plans.
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct interviews and create news narratives for print, video, photo, audio or social media.
- Demonstrate an ability to revise topics in a timely manner, and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrate the ability to work productively in a media group setting.
- Students will enhance their understanding of the complexities and challenges of real-world concerns and their creative capacity to address them. (CCX LO1)
- Students will engage in the self-assessment, reflection and analysis of this experience, preparing them for future success, and will be able to articulate this to future educational and professional interlocutors. (CCX LO3)
Syllabus
Schedule
Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
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Monday | 09:00 | 12:30 | C-501 |
Tuesday | 09:00 | 12:30 | C-501 |
Wednesday | 09:00 | 12:30 | C-501 |
Thursday | 09:00 | 12:30 | C-501 |