Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Introduction to Mass Communications (Chad Tew)

Course information

• University: University of Southern Indiana
• Course title: Introduction to Mass Communications
• Professor name: Dr. Chad Tew
• Professor's Wikipedia username: Crtew (talk · contribs)
• Course start date: Aug. 21, 2012
• Assignment due date: Nov. 20, 2012

Course description

Presentation, lectures, and assignments designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of mass communication; to foster an understanding of the roles and functions of communication media in our society; to present concepts and principles of journalism; and to prepare students to be intelligent users of media.

Instructor and Ambassadors

Instructor

Chad Tew (Crtew (talk))

Campus Ambassadors

Online Ambassadors

• AH1 ^(discuss!)
• GuillaumeTell (talk)
• LadyofShalott (talk)

Wikipedia assignment

Students will create and write new articles about journalists who have been killed while reporting using inline citation for verificatin. For each journalist, write a statement of notability, and include biographical details, a description of the situation surrounding the death, the political/social context of the country where the journalist was killed, and statements of impact from around the world. Create an infobox and a map. Develop categories for the article.

Updated (2012): Some media organizations are now included. Some journalists are now included who are missing, freed, and living. Some incidents are covered where one or more journalists were killed. Some female journalists from Lebanon are featured.

Articles

This table will list each article that a student is working on, and which other students will be peer reviewers for the article.

No.	User	User's Draft	Country	Final Article	1st review	2nd review
1	User:Hldickerso	Ali Shaaban of Al-Jadeed	Lebanon	Ali Shaaban	Student#11	Student#30
2	User:Usijkthompson	Armando Montaño of AP	United States / Mexico	Armando Montaño	Student#12	Student#29
3	User:Kdwerner	Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Marisol Macías (a.k.a. Maria Elizabeth Macías Castro) of Primera Hora	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Marisol Macías	Student#13	Student#28
4	User:Kayburns2	Hassan Osman Abdi of Shabelle Media Network	List of journalists killed during the Somali civil war	Hassan Osman Abdi	Student#14	Student#27
5	User:Jverwey	Abukar Hassan Mohamoud of Somaliweyn Radio	List of journalists killed during the Somali civil war	Abukar Hassan Mohamoud	Student#15	Student#26
6	User:Sdhuskins	Marco Antonio Ávila García of El Regional de Sonora	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Marco Antonio Ávila García	Student#16	Student#25
7	User:Lmhorn1	María Isabella Cordero, director of PR for CANACO, Chihuahua	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War (public relations)	María Isabella Cordero	Student#17	Student#24
8	User:Hdfulk	2012 Veracruz murder of journalists	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	2012 Veracruz murder of journalists	Student#18	Student#23
9	User:Usiwhooper	Rodolfo Rincón of Tabasco Hoy	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Rodolfo Rincón	Student#19	Student#22
10	User:Ljbriner	2012 Michoacán murder of photographers (freelance)	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	2012 Michoacán murder of photographers	Student#20	Student#21
11	User:Jatapley	Disappearance of Zane Plemmons (missing person)	United States/Mexico	Disappearance of Zane Plemmons	Student#21	Student#10
12	User:Sjmayotte	Regina Martínez of Proceso magazine	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Regina Martínez	Student#22	Student#9
13	User:Njcook1	Ali Sharmarke of HornAfrik	List of journalists killed during the Somali civil war	Ali Sharmarke	Student#23	Student#8
14	User:Trfeistel	Missing journalists in Syria	Syria / Syrian civil war	for a section of List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war	Student#24	Student#7
15	User:Ldfeller	HornAfrik Media Inc	Somalia	HornAfrik Media Inc or HornAfrik Media	Student#25	Student#6
16	User:Segott	Francisco Arratia, column "Portavoz"	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Francisco Arratia	Student#26	Student#5
17	User:Enweaver	Gwen Le Gouil (living person)	France / Somalia (formerly went missing, was later freed)	Gwen Le Gouil	Student#27	Student#4
18	User:Slrayner	Military attacks on the media during the 2006 Lebanon War	Lebanon	for a section of 2006 Lebanon War	Student#28	Student#3
19	User:Ajkopp	Foreign journalists in Syria	Syria / Syrian civil war	for a section of List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war	Student#29	Student#2
20	User:Npebertz	Citizen journalists in Syria	Syria / Syrian civil war	for a section of List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war	Student#30	Student#1
21	User:Acloehr	Mosaab al-Odaallah of Tishreen (daily)	List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war	Mosaab al-Odaallah	Student#1	Student#20
22	User:MIreneHarris	Professional Syrian journalists	Syria / Syrian civil war	for a section of List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war	Student#2	Student#19
23	User:Jmstalling	The role of female journalists	from Lebanon	in covering the 2006 Lebanon War	Student#3	Student#18
24	User:Dtisham	Armando Rodríguez (journalist) of El Diario (Chihuahua)	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Armando Rodríguez (journalist)	Student#4	Student#17
25	User:Decorning	Mario Segura (missing person) of Sol del Sur out of Tamaulipas	Mexico	Mario Segura	Student#5	Student#16
26	User:FlowCannon	Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Tamer al-Awam (freelance) (Student submitted)	List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war	Tamer al-Awam	Student#6	Student#15
27	User:Khbarton	Razzaq Gul	Pakistan (Balochistan)	Razzaq Gul	Student#7	Student#14
28	User:Chelms6	José Antonio García (journalist) (missing person) of Ecos de la Cuenca en Tepalcatepec	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	José Antonio García (journalist)	Student#8	Student#13
29	User:Jmcantner	2012 murder on the Syrian-Turkish border	List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war	2012 murder on the Syrian-Turkish border	Student#9	Student#12
30	User:Khwright1	Najwa Qassem	Lebanon	Najwa Qassem	Student#10	Student#11
31	User:Mewest	Shaam News Network	Syria	Shaam News Network	Student#41	Student#50
32	User:Sawatson1	Raúl Gibb	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Raúl Gibb	Student#42	Student#49
33	User:Glkinswa (earlier deleted)	Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Norberto Miranda, column "Cotorreando con el Gallito"	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Norberto Miranda	Student#43	Student#48
34	User:Gkstyliani	Rima Maktabi (living person)	Lebanon	to revise Rima Maktabi	Student#44	Student#47
35	None	Décio Sá of O Estado do Maranhão	Brazil	Décio Sá	None	None
36	User:Rmwheatley	Said Tahlil Ahmed of HornAfrik	List of journalists killed during the Somali civil war	Said Tahlil Ahmed	Student#46	Student#45
37	User:Jatomes	Layal Najib (freelance)	Lebanon	Layal Najib	Student#47	Student#44
38	User:Kamartin2	José Luis Romero of Línea Directa (radio)	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	José Luis Romero	Student#48	Student#43
39	User:NickBauhan	Hang Serei Odom	Cambodia	Hang Serei Odom	Student#49	Student#42
40	User:Smgarrett1	Shukri Abu al-Burghul of Al-Thawra (newspaper)	List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war	Shukri Abu al-Burghul	Student#50	Student#41
41	User:Arichardso	Dona St. Plite	Haiti / United States	Dona St. Plite	Student#31	Student#40
42	User:Mnloosemor	Víctor Manuel Báez (Student submitted)	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Víctor Manuel Báez	Student#32	Student#37
43	None	Bladimir Antuna	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Bladimir Antuna	Student#33	Student#38
44	None	Miguel Angel Villagómez	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Miguel Angel Villagómez	Student#36	Student#39
45	User:Usirjkelly	Najwa Qassem (living person)	Lebanon	Najwa Qassem	Student#61	Student#36
46	User:Nlhazemi	Anabel Hernández (living person)	Mexico	Anabel Hernández	Student#34	Student#61
47	User:Acclark12	Eliseo Barrón	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Eliseo Barrón	Student#37	Student#34
48	User:Jwbush	James Edwin Richards	United States	James Edwin Richards	Student#38	Student#33
49	User:Anearls	Raúl Régulo Quirino	List of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War	Raúl Régulo Quirino	Student#39	Student#32
50	User:Jldooms	Philip True	United States	Philip True	Student#40	Student#31
51	User:Usijrvaughn	Ahmed Ismail Hassan	Bahrain	Ahmed Ismail Hassan	Student#56	Student#55
52	User:Cncarter1	Raghida Dergham (living person)	Lebanon	Raghida Dergham	Student#54	Student#53
53	User:Kmtedrow	Ahmed Abdisalam Adan (living person)	Canada / Somalia	Ahmed Abdisalam Adan	Student#55	Student#54
54	User:Aacoakley	Valério Luiz de Oliveira	Brazil	Valério Luiz de Oliveira	Student#60	Student#59
55	User:Joecool2014	Manuel de Dios Unanue	United States	Manuel de Dios Unanue	Student#58	Student#57
56	None	Murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi	Bangledesh	Murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi	Student#52	Student#51
57	User:Cvancleef	Fritz D'Or	Haiti / United States	Fritz D'Or	Student#53	Student#52
58	User:Amgonzalez1	Erick Martínez Ávila	Honduras	Erick Martínez Ávila	Student#51	Student#60
59	User:Sjeversole	Jean-Claude Olivier	Haiti / United States	Jean-Claude Olivier	Student#59	Student#58
60	None	None	None	None	Student#57	Student#56
61	User:Afstephens	Daudi Mwangosi	Tanzania	Daudi Mwangosi	Student #45	Student #46

Notes:

• Journalists from SANA = † Ali Abbas from SANA died July 5, 2012 in Syria.
• Journalists from Syria News Channel = †† Hatem Abu Yehia from Syria News Channel, or Al-Ikhbariya, died August 10, 2012. Earlier his colleagues Sami Abu Amin and Mohammad Shamma died in an incident on June 27, 2012.
• Journalists from Shaam News Network = ††† Ammar Mohamed Suhail Zado, Lawrence Fahmy al-Naimi, and Ahmed Adnan al-Ashlaq died May 27, 2012 in Syria while working for Shaam News Network. Two freelance journalists, Bassel al-Shahade and Ahmed al-Assam, died with them in the same incident.
• †††† Suhaib Dib, Mohamed Hamdo Hallaq, Samer Khalil Al-Sataleh, Ghias Khaled Al-Hmouria, Omar Al-Ghantawi, Ahmed Hamada and Khaled Al-Bakir

Student usernames

• Hldickerso (talk · contribs)
• Usijkthompson (talk · contribs)
• Kdwerner (talk · contribs)
• Kayburns2 (talk · contribs)
• Jverwey (talk · contribs)
• Sdhuskins (talk · contribs)
• Lmhorn1 (talk · contribs)
• Hdfulk (talk · contribs)
• Usiwhooper (talk · contribs)
• Ljbriner (talk · contribs)
• Jatapley (talk · contribs)
• Sjmayotte (talk · contribs)
• Njcook1 (talk · contribs)
• Trfeistel (talk · contribs)
• Ldfeller (talk · contribs)
• Segott (talk · contribs)
• Enweaver (talk · contribs)
• Slrayner (talk · contribs)
• Ajkopp (talk · contribs)
• Npebertz (talk · contribs)
• Acloehr (talk · contribs)
• MIreneHarris (talk · contribs)
• Jmstalling (talk · contribs)
• Dtisham (talk · contribs)
• Decorning (talk · contribs)
• FlowCannon (talk · contribs)
• Khbarton (talk · contribs)
• Chelms6 (talk · contribs)
• Jmcantner (talk · contribs)
• Khwright1 (talk · contribs)
• Mewest (talk · contribs)
• Sawatson1 (talk · contribs)
• Glkinswa (talk · contribs)
• Gkstyliani (talk · contribs)
• Rcgoerges (talk · contribs)
• Rmwheatley (talk · contribs)
• Jatomes (talk · contribs)
• Kamartin2 (talk · contribs)
• NickBauhan (talk · contribs)
• Smgarrett1 (talk · contribs)
• Arichardso (talk · contribs)
• Mnloosemor (talk · contribs)
• Elclark4 (talk · contribs)
• Kbberry (talk · contribs)
• Usirjkelly (talk · contribs)
• Nlhazemi (talk · contribs)
• Acclark12 (talk · contribs)
• Jwbush (talk · contribs)
• Anearls (talk · contribs)
• Jldooms (talk · contribs)
• Usijrvaughn (talk · contribs)
• Cncarter1 (talk · contribs)
• Kmtedrow (talk · contribs)
• Aacoakley (talk · contribs)
• Joecool2014 (talk · contribs)
• Usissanders (talk · contribs)
• Cvancleef (talk · contribs)
• Amgonzalez1 (talk · contribs)
• Sjeversole (talk · contribs)
• Elnapier (talk · contribs)
• Afstephens (talk · contribs)