Curriculum

This is a tentative schedule as of January 2021. CET time

Monday, July 12th

16:00 – 16:45 Welcome and Introductions (Jeremy Druker, Transitions)
16:45 – 18:00 Panel Discussion: “What Is Actually a Foreign Correspondent?” (moderated by Jeremy Druker, Transitions, with participants: Raphael Minder, The New York Times + Tereza Engelova, Hlidaci Pes and Czech Television).

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18:15 – 19:45 News-Writing Lab (Michael Kahn, Reuters)

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20:00 – 21:00 Pitching session for story proposals (Jeremy Druker, Transitions)

All participants will pitch their ideas for their two stories for feedback. The assignment for the first week will be a print/web story or a photo essay for print or web (first draft due Friday); the assignment for the second week will be an audio story (due at the end of the second week).

Tuesday, July 13th

16:00 – 17:30 Writing Lab: Getting Out Into the (Virtual) Field (Michael Kahn, Reuters)

Participants will work intensively with the faculty, focusing on the following subjects:

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18:00 – 20:00 Practical–writing exercise (Michael Kahn, Reuters)

Participants will have two hours to write their stories with faculty reviewing the results.

Wednesday, July 14th

16:30 – 18:00 Reporting from Prague (Rob Cameron, BBC)

The BBC’s long-time correspondent talks about how he got his start and how the profession has changed since his arrival in the early 1990s.

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18:30 – 20:00  The Practicalities of Putting Together a Great Audio Piece (Rob Cameron, BBC)

Thursday, July 15th

Final day for reporting and interviewing for feature stories, preparing the first draft of print stories.

16:30 – 18:00 The Do’s and Don’ts of International Feature Writing (Dinah Richter Spritzer)

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18:30 – 20:00 The Benefits and Challenges to Being a Woman in What Was Once a Man’s Game. (Jana Ciglerova, Denik N)

Friday, July 16th

16:30 – 18:00 From freelance foreign correspondent to working for an experimental online platform (Irene Caselli)

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18:30 – 22:00 Finish first draft of print stories, deadline 22:00

Students finalize their stories and submit via the online platform.

Saturday, July 17th

Free day

Sunday, July 18th

Free day

Monday, July 19th

During the day: Individual Feedback on First Draft of Stories (Jeremy Druker, Transitions)

Each participant will have a 15-minute slot to discuss the drafts with Jeremy during an online meeting.

18:30 – 20:00 Life as a Foreign Correspondent (Raphael Minder, The New York Times)

Tuesday, July 20th

Participants will spend the day working on audio/podcast stories. This is also the day to finish up the final version of the print stories.

Wednesday, July 21st

18:30 – 20:00 Multimedia Reporting: What is a Video Story and How to Give Every Story a Classic Story Structure (Adam Pemble, The Associated Press)

22:30 Deadline for final version of print story and posting it to online platform.

Thursday, July 22nd

16:30 – 18:00 Covering Africa and the Solutions Journalism Approach (Tomas Linder, Respekt)

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18:30 – 20:00 – Individual Feedback on Final Version of Print Stories (Jeremy Druker, Transitions)

Individual story feedback on the final version of the print story – each participant will have a 15-minute slot to discuss the final version with Jeremy during an online meeting.

Final reporting and editing of audio/podcast stories.

22:30 Deadline for audio story and posting it to the online platform.

Friday, July 23rd

16:20 – 16:30 RFE/RL introduction (Evgeniya Konovalova, RFE/RL)

16:30 – 17:30 Working Under Conflict (Malali Bashir, RFE/RL)

Farewell (Jeremy Druker, Transitions)