College of Communications and Information Studies

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School Courses

The school offers ISC/JOU/MAS 319: World Media Systems, at least once a year.  In addition, several school faculty members regularly teach courses through the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad, a consortium in which the University of Kentucky is a member.  ISC 541, Special Topics: Advertising and Public Relations in London, has been taught in London, England several times (winter 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2009-10) and will be offered again in winter 2011-12; ISC 541, Special Topics:  Brits and Brands, was taught in London and Dublin, Ireland in winter 2008-09.  ISC 497: The Sport of Branding: Product Identity, Sports and Popular Culture, was taught in London and Dublin in winter 2010-11.

Students in the 2009-10 Advertising and PR in London course visited the office of Ketchum, a major PR firm.

Five journalism majors in the Summer 2010 World Media Systems course spent 32 days in Beirut, Lebanon through a program funded by the Fares Foundation.  The students were led by Prof. Terry Anderson, the Associated Press' former Beirut bureau chief.  To read the students' blog and see photos from the trip, click here.

Programs

On-going

The school frequently hosts Transatlantic Media Fellows for one to two weeks.  This is a program sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.  Our visitors have included journalists from Denmark, Germany, Greece, England, Sweden and Ukraine.

2010

Visiting faculty member Terry Anderson organized a conference on war, journalism and history, "Covering Conflicts in the Modern World." The conference was held in cooperation with the University of Edinburgh's Centre for the Study of Two World Wars, which held the first-such conference several years ago.  The conference sessions included presentations by journalists, historians and members of the military.

2009

Prof. Terry Anderson spoke with visiting journalists from Georgia.

Two groups of journalists from the former Soviet Union, one group from Georgia and the other from Siberia, visited the school and met with faculty members including Buck Ryan, Terry Anderson and Kakie Urch.  Later in the year, Prof. Urch visited Siberia and spoke at a conference there; Prof. Ryan made a visit in 2010.

2007

The school hosted journalists from southern Africa in 2007.

Edward R. Murrow Journalism Fellows Program, U.S. State Department

The school hosted a group of southern African journalists for a week-long visit

2006

Our 2006 fellows were from countries in Eastern Europe.

Edward R. Murrow Journalism Fellows Program, U.S. State Department

The school hosted a group of Russian-speaking journalists for a week-long visit

“In Search of Darfur,” presentation by journalist Nick Clooney on the work he

and his son, actor George Clooney, are doing to support Darfuri refugees

Meeting Resistance, preview screening of documentary on members of the Iraqi

resistance, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers, Molly Bingham and

Steve Connors

Meeting Resistance is now available on DVD.