1. MMC 910 Journalism and Society
Session 5: Covering Arab Spring and Syria

2. MMC910 Journalism and Society
Our speaker is Sheikh Sultan Al Qassemi
Follow him
See what happened to Magda Abu-Fadil after our last class:
Tomorrow or by Wednesday, Sultan will be there

3. MMC and MIST Programs
Official launch will be Wednesday, April 11, 6 – 9 pm Everyone is expected to attend: guests will be VIPs and journalists Come to Auditorium in Block 15-Ground Floor Reception follows

4. Media and Politics: Communicating the Transitions
2-day conference at UOWD Dates in middle or late May awaiting confirmation from President Ghassan Aouad

5. Upcoming Conferences MEPRA Conference, March 4-5
Zayed University at Knowledge Village
PR World Congress, March 14-15
at Grand Hyatt; see if you can get student discount, no freebies
Arab Media Forum, May 8-9 (register for free at at Grand Hyatt

6. Next Week’s Assignment
Team Presentations – 3 people per team minute presentations Team 1: Theories of the Press – do they work in China or Uzbekistan Team 2: Censorship, ethics, and other legal issues Team 3: Reality or manufactured reality Team 4: Interpreting information

7. Purpose of Presentations
Team topics cover major areas of readings
Each team reads the material carefully and constructs presentation that
covers the key points in the readings
explains them to the class
relates key points to today’s journalism
will help students take the exam in Week 8

8. When your team isn’t presenting
Take notes from other presentations
You listen carefully to ask questions after
If you disagree with something that is said, ASK after the presentation
Study format of other presentations and performance of colleagues
What can you learn from other formats, other performances?

9. As you read for the presentation
Take notes – material may be in Week 8 Exam
Save information, references, titles that seem interesting – for presentation, paper, and/or essay
Think about how material can best be presented
Make observations about what journalism is doing in today’s society: use examples in your presentation if you can

10. MMC910 Journalism and Society
That’s it for tonight.
See you Wednesday in MMC911 – meeting in Block 5-121
On Campus News Story due by before class
Exercise 2 in class
On Monday, March 12, Team Presentations