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MMC 910 Journalism and Society

MMC 910 Journalism and Society. Session 2: Journalism History and Journalists as Historians but first welcome MIST program students. MMC910 Journalism and Society. For all MA students Workshop with ITTS’ Rumana Rahim : How to connect to wireless How to use MyUOWD. Secrets of MyUOWD.

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MMC 910 Journalism and Society

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

  2. MMC910 Journalism and Society For all MA students Workshop with ITTS’ Rumana Rahim: How to connect to wireless How to use MyUOWD

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

  4. MMC910 Journalism and Society Guest Speaker: Jonathon Savill, writer (See 2 stories by JS in Week 2 Readings for MMC911)

  5. 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

  6. 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?

  7. 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 MyUOWD

  8. Upcoming Conferences • WAN-IFRA 7th 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

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

  10. 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/mission_statement/

  11. MMC910 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 YouTube: www.YouTube.com • Starting MMC publication

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. MMC910 Journalism and Society That’s it for tonight. See you Wednesday in MMC911 Call, email with questions. Don’t wait till next class to get answers, solve problems. Tomorrow is too late!

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