SPAN 162 PZ -Journalism in Latin America

This course explores the varying roles that journalists have played in Latin America’s social and political landscapre over time, going from nation builders and heralds of modernity in the literary chronicles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries to at-risk reporters caught between the lines in a region struck by the violence of dictatorships, civil wars, rapid urban growth, socio-economic inequality, and the global drug trade. By analyzing a variety of print as well as broadcast journalistic material from across the continent, students will examine what the trade of the journalist has involved in Latin American, as well as the ways in which journalism has shaped the debate around crucial social, cultural, political, and environmental issues in the region. Course topics include freedom of the press, censorship and political persecution, investigative journalism and social change, community journalism, and journalistic integrity. Taught in Spanish.

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