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Convergence and the Urban Journalism Curriculum

Convergence and the Urban Journalism Curriculum. Karen M. Turner Susan Jacobson Temple University. Convergence, the Urban Mission and Temple Journalism. Curriculum has been actively evolving since the 1990’s

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Convergence and the Urban Journalism Curriculum

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  1. Convergence and theUrban Journalism Curriculum Karen M. Turner Susan Jacobson Temple University

  2. Convergence, the Urban Mission and Temple Journalism • Curriculum has been actively evolving since the 1990’s • In 1995, broadcast journalism courses were added to the curriculum and the sequences were eliminated • EIG was added as a core course in 1996 • Fall 2000 department reinstituted sequences • 2001-2003 plans for reorganization • “The New Look : Mission-Driven Journalism” curriculum introduced in Fall 2004.

  3. What Is Urban Journalism? • Coverage of diverse voices and ideas • Coverage of the under-covered/under-served inner city communities • Coverage of the complex issues facing the nation’s urban centers • Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods. • Not euphemism for the coverage of only black and brown communities

  4. Convergence at Temple

  5. Challenges: Changing Mediascape • Mainstream media outlets are laying off staffers and trying to redefine themselves • American public gets more of its news from TV and, increasingly, from the Web • Alternative and ethnic press is maintaining its audience and its revenue base • Traffic.com has hired 80 people in 2005, and plans to hire 30 more • New York Times is now charging money for some Web content

  6. Challenges:Wireless Philadelphia • Philadelphia to become largest metropolitan area in the world with ubiquitous wireless access • How can journalists in Philadelphia take advantage of the new network? • What new platforms for news delivery will be available? (ex: WiFi PDAs, moblogs ) • What kind of content will journalists create for these new delivery platforms? • What potential does the wireless network have to enable greater news coverage for under-served communities?

  7. The Temple Curriculum • Mix interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. • Core curriculum - more interdisciplinary. Sequences more multi-disciplinary. • Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab - New capstone course for all majors. Newsroom located downtown across from City Hall.

  8. Interdisciplinary Core • Platform-independent basic courses: • Writing for Journalists • Audio-Visual Newsgathering • Design for Journalists • Electronic Information Gathering • Journalism and Society • Journalism and the Law • Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab capstone

  9. Multi-Disciplinary Sequences • Broadcast Journalism • Magazine • News-Editorial • Photography for the Mass Media

  10. Urban Journalism Elements • Focus on stories local to Philadelphia, particularly stories centered around under-served neighborhoods • Outreach to independent media organizations, including internship opportunities for students • Relationship with the city in preparing students for Wireless Philadelphia initiative.

  11. Next Steps • Partner MURL with ethnic press in those neighborhoods where community media exists. • Incorporate student-run radio Internet radio station into curriculum. • Move MURL to a more Web-centric lab. • Develop “live” field reporting from anywhere in the city via the Wireless Philadelphia Internet. • Develop models of urban reporting that may be used in other cities, or by other urban media groups.

  12. Sample Works • MURL - Multimedia Urban Reporting Labhttp://www.temple.edu/murl/Default.htm • Better World Election Day MoBloghttp://betterworldblog.livejournal.com/2004/11/02/ • Student Project: Alex Goldblum’s Revolution http://alexgoldblum.com • Student Project: Kurt Sensenig’s Concert Radiohttp://www.artimperial.com/

  13. For More Information Karen M. Turnerkturner@temple.edu Susan Jacobsonsusanj@temple.edu See our paper on the Convergence Web site!

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