MJ5100 Investigative Journalism and Cross Border Cooperation Course description

For the assessment the students may choose between

Either

A term paper in English of 13-16 pages, 1 ½ line space, Times New Roman size 12. 

Or

A 45 minutes presentation of practical work and research utilizing digital tools, as a result of an journalistic investigation. In addition, a paper, 7-9 pages, 1 ½-line space, Times New Roman size 12. This paper should analyze and reflect upon the production process, as well draw upon suggested theoretical literature. The presentation must be approved before the student can submit the paper.

Both alternatives will be assessed according to a grading scale where A (highest) to E (lowest) denote a pass and F denotes a fail. They will be assessed by an examination committee with one internal and one external examiner. Students who have failed a regular examination and students with legitimate absence are entitled to sit a new examination. The new examination will be an individual written home assignment over a period of three days.

Syllabus

Books

• Bunz, Mercedes (2010) How investigative reporting makes use of the internet. The Guardian, 23 March 2010, Accessible from http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/mar/22/investigative-journalism-layer-reporting
• Ettema, James S., & Glasser, Theodore L. (1998). Custodians of conscience , Investigative Journalism and Public . New York, Colombia University Press (233 p)
• Gray, Jonathan, Lucy Chambers and Liliana Bounegru  (2012) The Data Journalism Handbook. (218 pages).
• Mair, John and Richard Lance Keeble (2011) - Investigative Journalism; Dead or Alive? Bury St. Edmunds: Abramis Academic Publishing, 2011. (345 pages)
• Mair, John and Richard Lance Keeble (Ed.) (2014) Data journalism. Mapping the Future. (187 pages)

(983 pages)

Compendium

• Appelgren, E., & Nygren, G. (2014). Data Journalism in Sweden. Digital Journalism , 2 (3), 394-405. (11 pages)*
• Anderson CW (2013) " Towards a sociology of computational and algorithmic journalism", NewMedia & Society, 15(7), pp. 1005-10021 (16 pages)*
• Bradshaw, Paul (2008/2000) "Investigative journalism and blogs", in Hugo de Burgh (Ed.) Investigative Journalism 2nd Edition. London: Routledge. (p. 96-113)*
• Downie, Jr., Leonard & Schudson, Michael. (2009). -The Reconstruction of American Journalism-.Columbia Journalism Review . 19, 2009*
• Ettema, James S., & Glasser, Theodore L. (1989).-Investigative Journalism and the Moral Order-. Critical Studies in Mass Communication. 6(1). (p.1-20)*
• Flew T., C Spurgeon, A Daniel, A Swift (2012) " The promise of computational journalism», Journalism Practice,  6(2), pp. 157-171 (15 pages)*
• Gynhild, A.  (2014) " Journalism innovation leads to innovation journalism: The impact of computational exploration on changing mindsets», Journalism , 15(6), pp. 713-730 (17 pages)*
• Karlsen J. , E Stavelin (2014) " Computational journalism in Norwegian newsrooms», Journalism Practice, 8(1), pp 34-48 (14 pages)*
• Lewis, Seth. (2015) Journalism in an Era of Big Data. Cases, Concepts and Critiques. Digital Journalism (3:3) 321-330*

(119 pages)

1102 pages in total

(Literature list last updated: 21 December 2015)