JOURneys (305-0-22)

Topic

Visual Reporting in Bogota

Instructors

Caryn B Ward

Meeting Info

Fisk Hall 309: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

This Medill JOURneys course offers students a unique opportunity to immerse themselves for one week in Bogota, a city rich in colorful history and culture that is currently struggling with a migrant crisis.

In this course, we will develop skills in global journalism by creating visual stories on the culture, arts, issues, food and people of Bogota. Using a few different examples as a guide. Those examples include:

Vox on migrants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU0RqwweuWY

Plaza de Mercado de Paloquemao - The market synthesizes the variety and color of Colombia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq7qbXcmba0&t=7s

All the cuisines of Colombia converge in Bogotá -https://www.netflix.com/co/title/81249660)

This class will stress engaged and evocative writing, the finer points of shooting and editing and the deeply moving nature of people-centered stories.

Students will spend the weeks prior to the Spring Break trip preparing for work on the ground. This will involve readings and viewings, classroom discussions, engagement with professionals, exercises with the camera and other assignments designed to help you prepare to create rich, visual stories in Bogota.

Each student will choose a topic/story to work on in Bogota and will find a correlating topic/story to cover here in Evanston or Chicago to do in the weeks prior to the trip. This will allow feedback and growth to incorporate in our work in Colombia.

Reporting, shooting and producing stories will be the bulk of the Bogota trip. When we return, you'll edit and revise your work each week to produce your final product and make sure it's work you are proud of.

Class Materials (Required)

None

Class Attributes

Attendance at 1st class mandatory
Registration is By Application Only