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CROSS-POLLINATION at University of Maryland Deborah Nelson Philip Merrill College of Journalism. “A reinvigoration of the journalism curriculum to offer students a deep and multilayered exploration of complex subjects like history, politics, classics and philosophy
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CROSS-POLLINATION at University of Maryland Deborah Nelson Philip Merrill College of Journalism
“A reinvigoration of the journalism curriculum to offer students a deep and multilayered exploration of complex subjects like history, politics, classics and philosophy to undergird their journalistic skills.” Image by johnmcq
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The “sometimes uncomfortable parallels” between ethnography and journalism --S. Elizabeth Bird, The Anthropology of News & Journalism ANTHROPOLOGY The ethnographic lens Emphasis on Anonymous sources Data collection Listening Observing Identifying themes Context Anthropological narrative Writing to other scholars Anthropological ethics IRB JOURNALISM The news lens Emphasis on Named sources Fact extraction Asking Witnessing Identifying points of conflict “B-matter” News narrative Writing to a general audience Journalism ethics Social contract with public
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