Organizations involved  Center for Digital TV and the World  University of California-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism  Ewha Womans University  Washington Post

 A group of five or six UC Berkeley journalism students will come to Korea to do what the Center for Digital TV calls “compelling, intimate reportage about the challenges ordinary people face around the world”  May also cover breaking news for the Washington Post Web site  Four or five women and one man expected

 To do so, they will “experiment with new forms of global television reporting aimed for web distribution, broadcast and other multimedia platforms”  Use cheaper, lightweight, portable technology  Small-format digital cameras  Laptop computer editing systems

 The problem  Most of these students will not speak Korean or know a lot about Korean culture  Ideally, a team of five or six Ewha students will help each Berkeley student  Associate producers  Translation  Help with access to people whose stories they want to tell  Help shape story ideas  Work in shifts

 Responsibilities  Talk with Berkeley students in March and April as they form story ideas  , Skype, etc  Work intensively with Berkeley students in Seoul from May 11 to June 11 as they film, edit and produce their stories

 Most intensive time will be May 11 to May 25  Berkeley students will be doing most of their reporting  May need help 50 to 60 hours per week  Each Ewha student would work in shifts  APPROXIMATELY 10 hours per week per student  Decide schedules flexibly with Berkeley students  Translations during daily filming  Provide very detailed translations during evening review sessions

 Most of the work will take place in May and June, but you will enroll in a Summer 2011 class to receive credit  Self-directed learning  Write a paper about the experience  Keep a log of hours worked  Complete reflection assignments such as a project diary where you detail what you did while working  Which student you helped  Which story your team covered  Where you went  Who your interviewed  What made that person newsworthy  Challenges your team faced in getting the story and how you overcame them  What you learned

 Benefits  Three academic credits for students who successfully complete the coursework  A certificate of participation from the Center for Digital TV and the World  Intercultural experience with Berkeley reporters  Professional experience with veteran journalists who will assist in the project

 Target class size  30 students with fluent Korean and advanced English skills  Preliminary registration for the class will take place from Nov. 29 to Dec. 8 in the Division of Media Studies Department office – Ewha Posco Building room 212  Name, student ID, major, phone number, etc  Screening will follow to identify qualified applicants

 Informational session: Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.  In Ewha-Posco Building room 262  For more information  Prof. John C. Carpenter  Prof. Lee Gunho

 Final stories will be posted to Washington Post Web site  Links for previous projects:  China  tives/chinesevoices/index.html tives/chinesevoices/index.html  Japan  tives/facingjapan/index.html tives/facingjapan/index.html