Journalism Workshop Series
Friday, March 17, 2023 – Wednesday, May 31, 2023P24 SR5
Bard College Berlin students are warmly invited to a series of three workshops led by Ayşe Çavdar. These workshops will introduce BCB students to the basics of practical journalism, through discussion and hands-on work writing and editing stories. Students should commit to all three sessions, and will be expected to do reading and preparatory work and to have individual consultations between sessions. Students who satisfactorily complete the workshop series will be eligible for 2 ECTS credits.
To enroll in this workshop series, please write to Ayse ([email protected]) by Friday March 10, 2023.
Program Schedule:
Workshop I: What Is Journalism?
Friday, March 17
In this workshop we will discuss the basic concepts and processes of journalism. What is news, what does a newsroom look like, how does it function, and why is not all information news, even if they are important? Who does a journalist work for, or to whom are they responsible? What do we talk about when we talk about journalistic ethics? What should we pay attention to when thinking about the media-politics-capital triad?
Workshop II: Pitching Your Story
Friday, March 24
In the second workshop, we will briefly discuss which news writing techniques we can use for which media environment. Students should come with a news draft/proposal to pitch at this workshop, which will now function as a news room.
Workshop III: Collaborative Journalism
April/May Date TBD, will be selected according to participant availability
Journalism is a collective work. Each journalist is also the editor and ombudsman of their fellow journalists. Why does this have to be so? What distinguishes a freelancer journalist from a journalist working for an organization? How can we edit most effectively? Students will present their draft news reports to discuss and edit collectively.
Ayşe Çavdar completed her BA degree in Journalism at Ankara University and received her MA in History at Boğaziçi University in Turkey. She finalized her doctoral thesis titled "The Loss of Modesty: The Adventure of Muslim Family from Neighborhood to Gated Community" at the European University of Viadrina in 2014 . She was a postdoctoral fellow at Käte Hamburger Kolleg - Center for Global Cooperation Research in Duisburg in 2017. She continued her studies as a visiting scholar at Philipps University in Marburg for two years between 2018-2020. Recently, she has been a visiting scholar at Bard College Berlin.
Alongside her academic career, Çavdar has been a journalist for three decades, working on diverse political, cultural, and social issues. She participated in and worked for different NGOs in Turkey professionally and as a volunteer.
Email: [email protected]