How to get your assignments each week:
Just click below to get the readings, assignments, and discussion questions for each week. Assignments will be posted each week on the days listed below.

NEW: 
Click here  for Week 8 assignment (reportage style audio story) and discussion question
CLICK HERE to get more details and your assignments for Week Seven

Course timetable:
Week 1 Sep 19; Week 2 Sep 26; Week 3 Oct 3; Week 4 Oct 10; Week 5 Oct 17; Week 6 Oct 24;
Week 7 Oct 31; Final project due Nov. 13

Learning objectives:

1. You will demonstrate an understanding of the principles and ethics of accepted journalistic practice, and how those principles form the foundation of peace journalism. This will be done through papers, blogs, and podcasts.
2. You will summarize the principles and ethics of peace journalism, and analyze how those principles and ethics apply both in the U.S. and abroad. This will be done through papers, blogs, and podcasts.
3. You will analyze and discuss how the role of journalism in different social, economic, cultural, ethical, and governmental systems in East Africa affects the prospects for peace.
4. You will analyze your own work, and the work of other journalists, using a rubric of your own creation, for the elements of peace journalism.
5. You will recognize, discuss, and evaluate the interdependent role of development and developmental  journalism vis-à-vis peace journalism.
6. You will collect journalistically sound research and utilize it to produce professional quality stories, broadcasts, blogs, and other multimedia materials that conform to the standards of peace and development journalism.

Course schedule:

Week 1--
Theory of Peace Journalism
--Due: 1-2 page handout summarizing PJ

Week 2--

PJ theory pro and con
--Due: 3 page paper--reaction to Youngblood book chapter

Week 3--

Content analysis
--Due: Examples of local content; analysis of photojournalism using rubric

Week 4--

PJ in the News
--Due: Analysis of Walk to Work using PJ perspective

Week 5--

PJ Case Studies--Uganda project, Macedonia

--Due: Reaction/analysis paper

Week 6--

PJ Case Studies II--Nigeria; Also, Teaching PJ

--Due: Responses to written questions
Click here  for Week 6 assignments and readings

Week 7--

Work on Project (PJ story)
CLICK HERE to get more details and your assignments for Week Seven

Week 8--

PJ Story due
Critique, wrap
Click here  for Week 8 assignment (reportage style audio story) and discussion question