MAGGIE SOKOLIK: Hi, I'm Maggie
Sokolik, the coordinator
of English for Journalists.
We have a really
exciting program for you,
whether you're a working journalist
or a student of journalism
hoping to improve their English.
This course was developed through the US
Department of State, Voice of America,
and lots of educators
across southeastern Europe.
In this course you're going to learn
about issues that affect journalists
globally, how to communicate
better by improving
your grammar and your vocabulary, how
to write effective news stories that
really communicate with an
audience, and finally, we'll
talk a lot about the
ethics of journalism
and what it means to be fair
to different populations.
This course is divided into
two five-week sections.
The first part of the
course will cover the job
of the journalist,
inclusive journalism-- that
is, how do you write
about populations that
are different from yourself-- citizen
journalism-- what happens when citizens
have cameras or phones in
their hand and are reporting
stories-- ethics in journalism,
and local vs. global journalism.
During the second part of the course
we have some really exciting topics
to talk about.
For example, free speech, sports
writing, humor and satire,
science and technology,
and we'll finish up
by talking about the future of
journalism and media trends.
As you can see, we have a lot of
exciting topics to cover in ten weeks.
We really hope you'll join us.
Thanks.
