| Description: | This course on radio journalism in Italian context is divided into two parts. In the first part students learn about contemporary Italy from a variety of relevant perspectives, in order to help them understand current issues in Italy, some of which will feature in the radio work to be undertaken during the second part of the course. Excerpts from newspapers, magazines and other media will be analyzed in class, in order to provide students with the necessary tools to develop stories and reports by themselves on any contemporary subject. In the second part of the course students will attend hands-on classes in the Eco Radio studios, held by professional radio journalists and producers. Students will be introduced to the world of radio communications, its history and functioning, the different jobs, techniques and technologies used, and will create and record a radio program to be broadcast weekly on Eco Radio. |