The course aims to provide students with the fundamental tools to know and do news journalism today, from the role of the reporter to the contribution to investigations, up to research tools. Trainees will then be able to
- Learn how to construct an investigative enquiry
- Learning methods for researching sources, access to databases, relations with press offices, new media resources
- Compare the right and duty of freedom of information in Italy and in the major western countries
- Equip themselves with fact-checking tools in the age of disinformation and post-truths
- Challenge themselves with classroom exercises
- Meet reporters specialising in news (crime, legal, pink, sports, the evolution of reporting in emergencies, from terrorism to health and environmental crises).
- Learn how to construct an investigative enquiry
- Learning methods for researching sources, access to databases, relations with press offices, new media resources
- Compare the right and duty of freedom of information in Italy and in the major western countries
- Equip themselves with fact-checking tools in the age of disinformation and post-truths
- Challenge themselves with classroom exercises
- Meet reporters specialising in news (crime, legal, pink, sports, the evolution of reporting in emergencies, from terrorism to health and environmental crises).
teacher profile teaching materials
Randall, David, The Universal Journalist. London: Plutopress 2000
2. CRIME NEWS / IN THIS SECTION A VOLUME TO BE CHOSEN FROM:
(edited by Davide Bagnoli), La cronaca nera in Italia. Il perché della sua spettacolarizzazione, Temperino Rosso-Edizioni Fortini, Brescia 2016
Francesca Rizzuto, La società dell'orrore. Terrorism and communication in the age of emotional journalism, Pisa University Press 2018 (also available in e-book, e.g. in the Libraries of Rome network https://www.bibliotechediroma.it/opac/resource/la-societa-dellorrore-terrorismo-e-comunicazione-nellera-del-giornalismo-emotivo/ML_0000150254086?tabDoc=tabcata )
3. THE ITALIAN EXCEPTION / IN THIS SECTION ONE TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES:
Enrico Deaglio, Il raccolto rosso 1982-2010, Il Saggiatore, Milan 2010
Enrico Deaglio, La bomba. 50 anni da piazza Fontana, Feltrinelli 2019
Giovanni Vignali, L'uomo nero e le stragi, Paper First, Rome 2021
Giovanni Fasanella-José Cereghino, Le menti del doppio Stato, Chiarelettere, Rome 2020
Saverio Lodato, Cinquant’anni di mafia, Rizzoli, Milan 2025
4. SOCIAL HISTOTY / IN THIS SECTION ONE TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES:
Paul Ginsborg, Italy and its discontents : family, civil society, state, 1980-2001, New York : Palgrave/Macmillan., 2003
Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth , Boston: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series., 2018
Vanni Codeluppi, La vetrinizzazione sociale. Il processo di spettacolarizzazione degli individui e della società, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2007
Byung-Chul Han, The Expulsion of the Other: Society, Perception and Communication today, Cambridge: Polity Press., 2018
Byung-Chul Han, Infocracy: Digitization and the Crisis of Democracy, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2022
Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society, Stanford University Press, 2015
5. MEDIA /
IN THIS SECTION ONE TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING PAPERS OR BOOKS:
Christian Salmon, Storytelling: Bewitching the Modern Mind, New York: Verso., 2017
Christian Salmon, La tyrannie des bouffons. Sur le pouvoir grotesque, ed. Les liens que libèrent, Paris 2020
Caterina Malavenda, Le regole dei giornalisti, Il Mulino, Bologna 2012
Giuliano da Empoli, Les ingénieurs du chaos, Paris, J.C. Lattès 2019
6. IDEAS / IN THIS SECTION ONE OF YOUR CHOICE FROM THE FOLLOWING PAPERS OR VOLUMES:
Luciano Canfora, Fermare l’odio, Laterza, Bari 2019
Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Establishes Knowledge and Why it Matters, Oxford University Press., 2018
Anna Foa, Gli ebrei in Italia. I primi 2000 anni, Laterza, Bari 2022
Samir Kassir, Being Arab, London-New York City: Verso Books., 2006
François Jullien, On the Universal: The Uniform, the Common and Dialogue between Cultures, Polity Publisher, University of Cambridge, 2016
François Jullien, A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking, University of Hawaii, 2004
7. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM /
Naomi Oreskes-Erik M. Conway, Merchants of Doubt, London: Bloomsbury Press., 2010
Gaia Vince, Nomad Century, Flatiron Books, NYC 2022
8. ETHICAL CHARTERS
Testo Unico dei doveri del giornalista: https://www.odg.it/testo-unico-dei-doveri-del-giornalista/24288
Il Manifesto di Venezia: come raccontare il femminicidio: https://www.sindacatogiornalistiveneto.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MANIFESTO-DI-VENEZIA.pdf
9. METHODS OF READING FACTS
Some novels by Leonardo Sciascia and a short essay by Marc Bloch will be read during the workshop:
Leonardo Sciascia, Opere 1971-1983, Bompiani, Milano 1989 (from this book we will read La scomparsa di Majorana, Il teatro della memoria, I pugnalatori)
Leonardo Sciascia, To Each Its Own, NYRB Classics, 2000
Leonardo Sciascia, The Moro Affair, NYRB Classics, 2004
Leonardo Sciascia, Equal Danger, NYRB Classics,
Leonardo Sciascia, The Day of the Owl, NYRB, 2003
Marc Bloch, Reflections of a Historian on the False News of the War (available on line: https://www.miwsr.com/2013/downloads/2013-051.pdf and among the course materials on Moodle or Teams)
Mutuazione: 20710737 LABORATORIO DI GIORNALISMO DI CRONACA - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 Delsere Laura
Core Documentation
1. TOOLS FOR THE REPORTERRandall, David, The Universal Journalist. London: Plutopress 2000
2. CRIME NEWS / IN THIS SECTION A VOLUME TO BE CHOSEN FROM:
(edited by Davide Bagnoli), La cronaca nera in Italia. Il perché della sua spettacolarizzazione, Temperino Rosso-Edizioni Fortini, Brescia 2016
Francesca Rizzuto, La società dell'orrore. Terrorism and communication in the age of emotional journalism, Pisa University Press 2018 (also available in e-book, e.g. in the Libraries of Rome network https://www.bibliotechediroma.it/opac/resource/la-societa-dellorrore-terrorismo-e-comunicazione-nellera-del-giornalismo-emotivo/ML_0000150254086?tabDoc=tabcata )
3. THE ITALIAN EXCEPTION / IN THIS SECTION ONE TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES:
Enrico Deaglio, Il raccolto rosso 1982-2010, Il Saggiatore, Milan 2010
Enrico Deaglio, La bomba. 50 anni da piazza Fontana, Feltrinelli 2019
Giovanni Vignali, L'uomo nero e le stragi, Paper First, Rome 2021
Giovanni Fasanella-José Cereghino, Le menti del doppio Stato, Chiarelettere, Rome 2020
Saverio Lodato, Cinquant’anni di mafia, Rizzoli, Milan 2025
4. SOCIAL HISTOTY / IN THIS SECTION ONE TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES:
Paul Ginsborg, Italy and its discontents : family, civil society, state, 1980-2001, New York : Palgrave/Macmillan., 2003
Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth , Boston: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series., 2018
Vanni Codeluppi, La vetrinizzazione sociale. Il processo di spettacolarizzazione degli individui e della società, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2007
Byung-Chul Han, The Expulsion of the Other: Society, Perception and Communication today, Cambridge: Polity Press., 2018
Byung-Chul Han, Infocracy: Digitization and the Crisis of Democracy, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2022
Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society, Stanford University Press, 2015
5. MEDIA /
IN THIS SECTION ONE TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING PAPERS OR BOOKS:
Christian Salmon, Storytelling: Bewitching the Modern Mind, New York: Verso., 2017
Christian Salmon, La tyrannie des bouffons. Sur le pouvoir grotesque, ed. Les liens que libèrent, Paris 2020
Caterina Malavenda, Le regole dei giornalisti, Il Mulino, Bologna 2012
Giuliano da Empoli, Les ingénieurs du chaos, Paris, J.C. Lattès 2019
6. IDEAS / IN THIS SECTION ONE OF YOUR CHOICE FROM THE FOLLOWING PAPERS OR VOLUMES:
Luciano Canfora, Fermare l’odio, Laterza, Bari 2019
Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Establishes Knowledge and Why it Matters, Oxford University Press., 2018
Anna Foa, Gli ebrei in Italia. I primi 2000 anni, Laterza, Bari 2022
Samir Kassir, Being Arab, London-New York City: Verso Books., 2006
François Jullien, On the Universal: The Uniform, the Common and Dialogue between Cultures, Polity Publisher, University of Cambridge, 2016
François Jullien, A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking, University of Hawaii, 2004
7. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM /
Naomi Oreskes-Erik M. Conway, Merchants of Doubt, London: Bloomsbury Press., 2010
Gaia Vince, Nomad Century, Flatiron Books, NYC 2022
8. ETHICAL CHARTERS
Testo Unico dei doveri del giornalista: https://www.odg.it/testo-unico-dei-doveri-del-giornalista/24288
Il Manifesto di Venezia: come raccontare il femminicidio: https://www.sindacatogiornalistiveneto.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MANIFESTO-DI-VENEZIA.pdf
9. METHODS OF READING FACTS
Some novels by Leonardo Sciascia and a short essay by Marc Bloch will be read during the workshop:
Leonardo Sciascia, Opere 1971-1983, Bompiani, Milano 1989 (from this book we will read La scomparsa di Majorana, Il teatro della memoria, I pugnalatori)
Leonardo Sciascia, To Each Its Own, NYRB Classics, 2000
Leonardo Sciascia, The Moro Affair, NYRB Classics, 2004
Leonardo Sciascia, Equal Danger, NYRB Classics,
Leonardo Sciascia, The Day of the Owl, NYRB, 2003
Marc Bloch, Reflections of a Historian on the False News of the War (available on line: https://www.miwsr.com/2013/downloads/2013-051.pdf and among the course materials on Moodle or Teams)
Attendance
Attendance is compulsory (a maximum of 3 absences out of 12 lessons allowed). The active participation of students will be essential. Participation in the course may take place online.Type of evaluation
Attendance and active participation in the lessons will be essential (lectures starting on 7 March 2025, 2-5 p.m. ON LINE). During the Workshop, exercises will be organised with the various media and in-depth classroom work on major news cases entrusted to the students. Passing the course will therefore depend on the quality of these intermediate tests and the outcome of the final exam (on the bibliography and lecture materials). The exam dates will then only be used for the recording of the course credits. Examination appeals summer session: 9 June 2025, 9 a.m. 24 June, 9 a.m. 11 July, 3 p.m. Autumn session : 5 September, 3 p.m. 26 September, 3 p.m. Student reception hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30-8 pm online on the Faculty Teams network, by appointment to be requested by email (laura.delsere@uniroma3.it)