Two years ago…

Two years ago…

What is news?

What is journalism?

This is/was journalism"Nazis Radio 'Good-bye'", front page of the "Daily Express", 1 May 1945.

Image courtesy http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/unpacking/newsmod.html

But is this?Twitter feed for #ldconfSnapshot taken September 23rd 2010

Or this?

Sacco, Joe (2000) Safe Area Gorazde, Fantagraphics, Seattle.

Or this?

Images of the G20 protest in London, from Flickr. Snapshot taken September 22nd 2009

This is a newspaper

Picture courtesy: http://www.internetretailing.net/2010/06/new-site-launch-to-sell-newspaper-subscriptions/

But is this?

or this?

These men are journalists

Woodward and Bernstein (http://waleshome.org/2010/07/if-people-value-investigative-journalism-they-will-have-to-pay-for-it/)

But is this man?

http://benoitraphael.com/2010/07/28/wikileaks-un-modele-pour-les-medias/

How about this guy?

http://www.uproxx.com/page/Jon+Stewart

This woman?

http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/archive/anna-wintour-ambassdor-to-france-or-england/

This man used to be a journalist

Is he still one?

What

Where is ‘journalism’ going? What kinds of news media will we see in

the future? What kinds of journalists will you be? What will be the relationship between

news media and society? Technology, money, meaning, society

Why and how Reflective journalists Able to cope with change, now and into the

future Conversation, discussion and debate Ideas Meta-journalism

assignments

Who, when, where Lectures

Guest lecturers Seminars Attendance Communication

Megan Knight (maknight@uclan.ac.uk) – GR237 Julie Freer (jefreer@uclan.ac.uk ) – GR234 Amy Binns (abinns@uclan.ac.uk) Kevin Duffy (ktduffy@uclan.ac.uk) Clare Cook (cecook@uclan.ac.uk)

eLearn/Blackboard

Assignments

Assignments○ Meta-journalism

Seminar participation○ Leading the discussion○ Contributing to the discussion

Article○ 1200 words○ Media Guardian/Independent Media/other

Group Documentary○ Radio 4/Newsnight