In this class, we will use journalism approaches that are sensitive to social justice to write stories that break the isolation and provide healing to the community. We will work with theories of Peace Journalism (aims to make visible less visible causes of conflicts or problems, seeks to approach reality from all parties involved when there is conflict, pursues solutions rather than emphasizing conflict) and Solutions Journalism (which is reporting on a response to a problem — successful, partially successful, or failed — and the associated results, usually with a narrative that seeks to reveal how the results were produced and explore what can be learned from the effort).

Required Texts:

1. Kovach, Bill; Rosenthiel, Tom. Blur. Bloomsbury Publishing (2010). ISBN: 9781596915657

2. Kovach, Bill; Rosenthiel, Tom. The elements of journalism. Three Rivers Press. 3rd edition. (2014). ISBN: 978-0-8041-3678-5

3. McBride, Kelly B; Rosentiel, Thomas B. The new ethics of journalism. CQ Press (2013). ISBN: 978-1-60426-561-3

4. Youngblood, Steven. Peace journalism, principles and practices: Responsibly Reporting Conflicts, Reconciliation, and Solution. Routledge (2016). ISBN: 9781138124691

5. Healey, Jo. Trauma Reporting: A journalist’s guide to covering sensitive stories. Routledge (2019). 

ISBN: 978-1-1384-8210-4