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Journalism 50
Navigating the News
Fall 2023
JOUR 050, Sec. 1; 3 credit units
Monday & Wednesday, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
DBH133
About This Course:
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Current Course Materials:
- Course Syllabus: PDF
- Syllabus Supplement
- Textbook -- Navigating
the News
- Onion
Twitter example
- Some
Initial Concepts
- What Is News? (PDF)
- Job of
the Journalist (PDF)
- Example: White,
and in the minority (Washington Post)
- Photo Ethics Example:
* Front Page
* Photo Comparison
- A
news site used AI to write articles. It was a journalistic disaster.
(Washington Post)
- Factors in
Coverage of a News Story (PDF)
- Different Kinds of
News Stories
- Audio interviews
from book sources
- For Monday 9/11:
* News Ethics (PDF)
* Conflicting
reports of Giffords’ death were understandable, but not excusable
(Poynter)
* Snopes | Politifact
* Millions
Misused (Spartan Daily)
* Penn
State sex scandal investigation
* Interactive
Media Bias Chart (Ad Fontes Media)
- Credibility (PDF)
- In-Class Exercise 1
- Burning Man Stories
- QEII Coverage:
Positive | Critical | Bizarre
- How
To Spot Fake News (IFLA)
- Elements
of Newsworthiness (PDF)
- For
Local News, Americans Embrace Digital but Still Want Strong Community
Connection (Pew Center)
- San Jose "Little Saigon" Controversy:
* San
Jose Mercury News
* San
Francisco Chronicle
* Los
Angeles Times
* New
York Times
- San
Diego Fire Example (KFMB CBS8)
- Chapter 3
Interview Clips
- Elizabeth Holmes Case:
* Background
* Hulu
series
* Recent
Story
- Broderick Examples:
* "Dirty
John"
* Till
Murder Do Us Part (LA Times)
* Six
shootings, three fatal in Oakland over 24-hour span (NBC11)
* Murder
victim Kathy Anderson was former town arborist (Palo
Alto Daily Post)
- Hill Examples:
* Questions
surround honor student's death in Detroit (USA
Today)
* Family,
friends mourn Grosse Pointe Farms teen (Detroit
Free Press)
* College
student shot, killed talking in car in Detroit (Detroit
News)
* In
Detroit, a tale of two homicides (Detroit Free
Press)
- Scandalous
Stories
- Types of News
Audiences
- For Wednesday 9/27:
* Education
Reporting (PDF)
* The
Ongoing Debate Over School Choice
* School
boards get death threats amid rage over race, gender, mask policies
* What
Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack?
* Arizona
Gov. Hobbs vetoes bill banning 'critical race theory' in schools
* How
DeSantis built a conservative following on education
* University
of Missouri Fires Melissa Click, Who Tried to Block Journalist at
Protest
* Local
indigenous tribe condemns SJSU anthropology professor
These materials will be updated
throughout the semester.
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Course Description
Introduction to different forms of news media we consume to become informed
and engaged citizens, and how media shape our world. Development of skills to
critically evaluate the credibility of news sources, distinguish between real
and fake news, and examine contemporary news events and news media coverage in
cultural, historical, environmental, and spatial contexts. This class is for
students who aspire to be informed citizens and want to understand how media
shape the world around them. Students will learn how different kinds of media
work to make them better and smarter news consumers.
For More Information
Please contact Prof. Craig, either by phone at 924-3287,
or by e-mail at profcraig@profcraig.com.
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