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Journalism 50
Navigating the News
Spring 2025
JOUR 050, Sec. 1; 3 credit units
Monday & Wednesday, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
DBH133
About This Course:
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Current Course Materials:
- Course Syllabus (REVISED 3/5): PDF
- Syllabus Supplement
- Textbook -- Navigating
the News
- Previous
Links →
- Onion Twitter example
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- Some
Initial Concepts (PDF)
- What is News? (PDF)
- What is News
II (PDF)
- The
(almost) complete history of 'fake news' (BBC)
- Police:
Fake news story led gunman to popular DC pizzeria (AP)
- Dissecting
the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories (NY Times)
- The
very real consequences of fake news stories and why your brain can’t
ignore them (PBS)
- How
To Spot Fake News (IFLA)
- Americans'
Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low (Gallup)
- Job of
the Journalist (PDF)
- Example: White,
and in the minority (Washington Post)
- Photo Ethics Example:
* Front
Page
* Photo
Comparison
- Different Kinds of
News Stories
- News
Ethics (PDF)
- 10 Commandments of News
- Conflicting
reports of Giffords’ death were understandable, but not excusable (Poynter)
- Snopes | Politifact
- Audio
interviews from book sources
- Millions
Misused (Spartan Daily)
- Penn
State sex scandal investigation
- Interactive
Media Bias Chart (Ad Fontes Media)
- Credibility (PDF)
- How
algorithms decide the news you see (CJR)
- QEII Coverage:
Positive | Critical | Bizarre
- In-Class
Exercise 2-17
- Elements
of Newsworthiness (PDF)
- Local
News Most Trusted in Keeping Americans Informed About Their Communities (Knight
Foundation)
- Americans
Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited. (NY Times)
- Silicon
Valley congressional candidate tied to fake newspaper (San Jose
Spotlight)
- The
San Francisco Inquirer looks like local news. Here’s why politicians
are furious with the site (SF Gate)
- San Jose "Little Saigon" Controversy:
* San
Jose Mercury News
* San
Francisco Chronicle
* Los
Angeles Times
* New
York Times
- San
Diego Fire Example (KFMB CBS8)
- Current National Story:
Illinois
governor to back 'screen-free schools' (AP)
- Current International Story:
Delta
jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway (AP)
- Community (PDF)
- Chapter 3
Interview Clips
- Elizabeth Holmes Case:
* Background
* Hulu
series
* Later
Story
- Broderick Examples:
* "Dirty
John"
* Till
Murder Do Us Part (LA Times)
* Officer
shot overnight in Oakland, according to sources (KRON 4)
* Murder
victim Kathy Anderson was former town arborist (Palo
Alto Daily Post)
- Hill Examples:
* Questions
surround honor student's death in Detroit (USA
Today)
* Family,
friends mourn Grosse Pointe Farms teen (Detroit
Free Press)
* College
student shot, killed talking in car in Detroit (Detroit
News)
* In
Detroit, a tale of two homicides (Detroit Free
Press)
- Scandalous
Stories (PDF)
- Crime Reporting
(PDF)
- Mercury News
| Crime
Blotter
- NBC11 | Crime
Blotter
- SF Chronicle
| Crime
Blotter
- Four
innocent people wrongly accused of being Boston Marathon bombing
suspects (The Week)
- Elizabeth
Holmes updates
- Types of News
Audiences (PDF)
- Education
Reporting (PDF)
- For Wednesday 3/5:
* White
House preparing executive order to abolish the Education Department
(NBC)
* Schools,
colleges have 2 weeks to ban DEI (NPR)
* The
Ongoing Debate Over School Choice
* School
boards get death threats amid rage over race, gender, mask policies (Reuters)
* What
Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack? (Education
Week)
* University
of Missouri Fires Melissa Click, Who Tried to Block Journalist at
Protest (NY Times)
* Local
indigenous tribe condemns SJSU anthropology professor (Spartan
Daily)
- Trolling
and News (PDF)
- Spartan
Daily 2020 Election Issue
- Identity
Article Search
- Give
the audience what they want or what they need? There’s an even better
question. (Medium)
- Journalism
and Institutions (PDF)
- Business
and Economics (PDF)
- Government
and Politics (PDF)
- Midterm Study Guide
These materials will be updated
throughout the semester.
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Course Description
Introduction to different forms of news media we consume to become informed
and engaged citizens, and how media shape our world. Development of skills to
critically evaluate the credibility of news sources, distinguish between real
and fake news, and examine contemporary news events and news media coverage in
cultural, historical, environmental, and spatial contexts. This class is for
students who aspire to be informed citizens and want to understand how media
shape the world around them. Students will learn how different kinds of media
work to make them better and smarter news consumers.
For More Information
Please contact Prof. Craig, either by phone at 924-3287,
or by e-mail at profcraig@profcraig.com.
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