Course Objectives

• Students will learn what is it like to be a Foreign Correspondent
• They will find out what credentials - journalistic and linguistic - are required. They will learn how a Foreign Correspondent 'finds' the news and how is it processed.
• Students will analyse the role of the War Correspondent from the first media war (the Boer War) to the first television war (Vietnam) to modern times.

This course is taught in conjunction with COM JO 708 in the Fall only. Course materials are listed below.  Please log in to view these items.

Course Comments

"Professor McNeil is one of the most impressive professors I have ever met. I have so much respect for him as a journalist. It was a privilege to have the opportunity to learn from him." Anon., Fall 2009

"Very interesting and worth while course. Would definitely take it again and recommend it to future students. This class has caused me to take much more interest in journalism and to possibly concentrate in journalism." Anon., Fall 2009

"Professor McNeil's experience in the journalism field is a huge asset to the course. I understand the demands of a foreign correspondent far more now than I ever did before." Anon., Spring 2009

“I felt this class was very well taught. The professor had much experience in the field and lectures were all experience-based stories. It definitely was different than any other class I have taken. Job well done! ” Heena Kamdar, Spring 2008

“I really enjoyed this course – David McNeil was a wonderful professor. He is certainly unconventional, but I really learned a great deal.” Anon., Fall 2008

Faculty Information

David McNeil was a Foreign Correspondent for the BBC for twenty-one years. He was based in Beirut, New York, Johannesburg, Jerusalem and Washington and has reported for the BBC from forty-six countries covering some of the great political developments of the time along with numerous wars and insurrections. He has also presented news programmes on BBC Radio and is currently a news presenter on BBC Radio 3.

Course Syllabus and Materials

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