MMC 910 Journalism and Society Session 2 Journalism

MMC 910 Journalism and Society Session 2: Journalism History and Journalists as Historians but first welcome MIST program students

MMC 910 Journalism and Society For all MA students Workshop with ITTS’ Rumana Rahim: How to connect to wireless How to use My. UOWD

Secrets of My. UOWD Does everyone have a login? Rumana can help some who do not My. UOWD is a valuable tool It works best if you bring your laptop to class and library Questions for Rumana?

MMC 910 Journalism and Society Guest Speaker: Jonathon Savill, writer (See 2 stories by JS in Week 2 Readings for MMC 911)

Speaker: Jonathon Savill Many ways to work in media and communications Work doesn’t have to be in only one area Usually work/professional assignments cross boundaries – journalism to PR, PR to media, etc. Today you’re writing hard news, tomorrow you may be writing the story for a fantasy film Filmmakers make documentaries; documentarians turn into movie producers Jonathon is from the UK; he has been doing all kinds of things in the UAE and Middle East

What is Journalism? Did everyone read Wikipedia definition and related materials on the page? �The News Manual, vol. 1 �What is journalism worth? See links from Week 1 in Syllabus if you haven’t read the material Did anyone bring examples of interesting articles?

Journalism as History? Is it? If so, why? If not, why not? See Arab Media must stand up for truth – Gulf News See Challenges facing press freedom – Gulf News Both in list of readings for today – Syllabus and can be downloaded from My. UOWD

Upcoming Conferences WAN-IFRA 7 th Middle East Conference, Feb. 29 -March 1 (5 free slots for students) www. wan-ifra. org/events JW Marriott MEPRA Conference, March 4 -5 (probably all free) www. mepra. org Zayed University at Knowledge Village PR World Congress, March 14 -15 (5 free slots for students) www. prwcdubai. com at Grand Hyatt Arab Media Forum, May 8 -9 (register for free at www. arabmediaforum. com) at Grand Hyatt

Upcoming Conferences Who’s interested in Feb. 29 and/or March 1? Who’s interested in March 14 and/or March 15?

Has technology changed journalism? What is journalism worth: http: //www. ojr. org/ojr/people/robert/201108/2002/ Check out Online Journalism Review from USC Annenberg School/UC Berkeley Journalism School http: //www. knightdigitalmediacenter. org/about/missio n_statement/

MMC 910 Students should consider Joining Twitter: www. twitter. com Following me: @almakad Starting a blog: www. wordpress. com, www. blogspot. com Joining the MMC blog: coming Joining You. Tube: www. You. Tube. com Starting MMC publication

MMC Students Will Learn To find the right sources To use the UOWD library To access the UOW library To use paraphrases and quotes To reference sources To avoid plagiarism To conduct a literature review To integrate theories learned in readings and class with your own material

MMC Students will learn To work individually To work in teams as leader and member To meet deadlines To organize work To produce increasingly professional writing To work in various media To use a variety of formats To select the best medium and best format

Before Session 3 next week Prepare by going over Week 1, 2 readings in the Syllabus Take notes – material may be in Week 8 Exam Save information, references, titles that seem interesting – for presentation, paper, and/or essay Come to class with comments about your reading Come to class with observations about what journalism is doing in today’s society: bring examples Bring Gulf Today or Al Khaleej

MMC 910 Journalism and Society That’s it for tonight. See you Wednesday in MMC 911 Call, email with questions. Don’t wait till next class to get answers, solve problems. Tomorrow is too late!