This learning community begins by taking a historical perspective on the media coverage of global political events from the US War of Independence in 1776 to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022-). From here, this LC examines the international news production chain, studies the typology of foreign news reporters and takes a closer look at the inner workings of the international desk. From here the program considers sourcing practices such as in the case of the role of news agencies, media cartography and considers professional and ethical dilemmas of international journalism such as those surrounding war reporting.
From this theoretical base the learning community then proceeds to four case studies (Islam, Africa, Israel-Palestine and Spain) before considering the Global Media agenda and themes such as the South-South communication model, the concept of transnational journalism and the consequent “death” of international journalism. The LC concludes by looking at the future of international reporting.
Snapshot of activity formats: Cross-campus student-led podcasts, cross campus student projects (e.g. media stereotyping of partner countries), external stakeholder expert lectures (foreign correspondents, war reporters etc).
Learning Community Activities
Past Events
- Event Foreign Reporting with guest speaker and Q&A with Stefan Blommaert (15th November 2021) – hosted by VUB.
Modality: Hybrid, UPF students were present in class and connected from their class, VUB students were present in their own class with the guest speaker, and CY students participated online.
Event news link UPF
- First edition of EUTOPIA LU ‘International Journalism and Global Media’, coordinated by C. Tulloch (UPF)
- Student-led podcast series on International Journalism – When? spring 2022
- Cross-campus lectures series on ‘Foreign Reporting and Correspondence’ – When? Nov-Dec ’21
How to get involved?
(Students and educators)
Contact the EUTOPIA curriculum team: Jo Angouri (J.Angouri@warwick.ac.uk) and Karen Triquet (karen.triquet@vub.be).