Joanne Marcia Silberner
Topics vary. Prerequisite: COM 360.
Be a foreign correspondent in your own backyard. King County is one of the most diverse counties in the nation. You'll learn how to report across social and cultural boundaries, as well as effective storytelling and organization for print and radio.
Student learning goals
The cultural competency needed to cover communities other than your own.
How to interview anybody about anything anywhere.
How to market your stories.
How to evaluate the health, social and political issues that affect immigrant and refugee communities.
How to find and express relevant data.
General method of instruction
In-class projects, lectures by the teacher and guests, conversations in class. This class is intended to reflect students' needs -- we'll spend some time the first day of class figuring out what needs to be emphasized.
COM 360 or 361, or permission from the teacher. Interest in other cultures, storytelling, and in-class interaction will help a student succeed in the course.
Class assignments and grading
Grading will be based on class participation, completion of one small and one big project (text, audio, or photography all acceptable after discussion with the instructor), several small projects (some in-class).
Class participation, quality of submitted stories, success in in-class assignments.