Course Description
Travel journalism that shares three qualities: emphasis on cultural awareness; ambition to provide depth or insight beyond travel guidebook entries; and complexity of theme, material, and structure. Students will explore a range of techniques that travel journalists use to discover and verify information and to tell stories and engage audiences.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Evaluation of graduate students differs significantly from that
of undergraduate students. Not only will graduate students be
assigned more readings and additional projects, they will also
be graded with higher expectations than undergraduate students.
Specifically, graduate students will be assigned an additional
research or applied project depending upon the discretion of the
instructor. Research projects may involve secondary research
reviews and synthesis, whereas primary research studies will
involve collection and analysis of data. Applied projects will
consist of an original professional-level project delivered as a
written report and/or oral presentation.
Athena Title
Travel Journalism
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will report and post daily narratives to the class blog; report, write, or produce one destination guide, based on the 36 hours in _______; report, write, or produce one enterprise story of a type associated with independent foreign correspondents, using one or more media of their choice: writing, photography, audio, video; read and respond to the assigned text, "Introduction to Travel Journalism: On the Road with Serious Intent." This is a reporting and writing-intensive course. Each of the 15 days, students will spend 75 minutes in an early morning class and 75 minutes in a late afternoon class. In between, students will be expected to spend five hours reading, reporting and producing stories--whatever the media.
Topical Outline
The travel journalist The audience for travel journalism Reaching the audience for travel journalism Essential skills and knowledge Getting published Funding travel journalism Case studies Resources