I recently returned from my third teaching stint in China, as Visiting Scholar at Hong Kong Baptist University, in its master’s program in International Journalism. This came on the heels of being a visiting faculty member at two post-Communist, Central European universities: the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, in Trnava, Slovakia; and across the Czech border at Masaryk University in Brno (the Czech Republic’s second-largest university). All this followed four years of teaching at Long Island University in Brooklyn.
For a complete list of journalism courses I’ve taught, please see below.
Meanwhile, as a journalism trainer for Transitions Online in Prague for the past five years, I recently led my 16th session of TOL’s Foreign-Correspondent Training Course. Over the years, I’ve trained hundreds of participants — both journalism students and working journalists — who have hailed from Brazil and Guatemala, from Kyrgyzstan to Saudi Arabia, from Hong Kong to the Philippines.. I’ve also conducted a shoulder-to-shoulder training called the Romani Journalist Advancement Project, working with minority Roma (a.k.a. “Gypsy”) from Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia.
For a complete list of my trainings, please see below.
If you would like me to devise and lead any intensive, soup-to-nuts reporting project for your students or young reporters, please contact me at mjjordan23@earthlink.net.
TEACHING
Visiting Scholar, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong) Fall 2011
- Reprised the role of “Super Tutor,” launching dozens of Chinese students on their own blog.
- Led 55 of these students on a foreign-correspondence reporting project in Prague;
Visiting Scholar, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong) Fall 2010
- Served as “Super Tutor” to 77 graduate students; launched all on their own journalistic blog;
- Led another 50-plus Chinese students on a foreign-correspondence reporting project in Prague;
Visiting Scholar, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong) Fall 2009
- Taught four three-credit courses in “minority-affairs reporting” to 69 graduate students
- Most students from Mainland China; a handful of others from Southeast Asia;
- Held regular tutorials for another one dozen students;
- Hosted a panel during the “Pulitzer Prizewinners Workshop”;
- Prepared, led 55 of my students on a foreign-correspondence reporting project in Prague;
Visiting Professor, University of Sts. Cyril & Methodius (Trnava, Slovakia) 2007 – 2009
- Taught three-credit course in “issue-oriented reporting” to 35 Slovak undergrads in Spring 2009;
- Taught three-credit course in “personality profiles” to 37 Slovak undergrads in Fall 2008;
- Taught three-credit course in “personality profiles” to 28 Slovak undergrads in Spring 2008;
- Taught three-credit course in “issue-oriented reporting” to 30 Slovak undergrads in Fall 2007;
Visiting Professor, Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic) 2007 – 2008
- Taught a three-credit course in “personality profiles” to 10 Czech undergrads in Fall 2008;
- Taught a three-credit course in “issue-oriented reporting” to 10 Czech undergrads in Fall 2007;
Guest Professor, Donau (Danube) University (Krems, Austria)
- Conducted “parachute journalism” workshop to 12 Austrian grad students (Aug. 18, 2009);
- Conducted “parachute journalism” workshop to 15 Austrian grad students (Nov. 29, 2008);
- Conducted “issue-oriented reporting” workshop to 20 Austrian grad students (Dec. 13, 2007);
Associate Professor of Journalism, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 2003 – May 2006
George Polk Journalist-in-Residence, (www.brooklyn.liu.edu/journalism/faculty.html)
- Spring 2005-Spring 2006: Steered LIU Campus Internship Program for editors and reporters.
- Spring 2006: Taught the three-credit Advanced News Reporting course to 12 undergraduates.
- Fall 2005: Taught two sections of the three-credit News Reporting course to 12 undergraduates.
- Spring 2005: Taught the three-credit Advanced News Reporting course to 13 undergraduates.
- Fall 2004: Taught the three-credit News Reporting course to 17 undergraduates.
- Fall 2004: Taught three-credit Case Studies in International Newsgathering to 12 undergrads.
- Spring 2004: Taught two sections of three-credit Advanced News Reporting, to 14 undergrads.
- Fall 2003: Created, taught three-credit International Reporting course to 10 undergraduates.
- Fall 2003: Taught three-credit News Reporting course to eight undergraduates.
- Spring 2003: Taught three-credit Sports Reporting course to eight undergraduates.
Faculty Advisor, Seawanhaka, Student Newspaper, LIU-Brooklyn, Feb. 2004 – May 2006
- Advised staff editors, reporters at the newspaper that serves this diverse, 11,000-student body.
Committee Member, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
- 2004-2006: George Polk Awards for Outstanding Journalism. One of 14 committee members who judged winners of this prestigious national honor, which was founded by LIU in 1949.
- 2006: Who’s Who Selection Committee. One of eight members who vetted students for honor.
Adjunct Professor, International Journalism, Spring 2003
College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, The Bronx, New York
- Created, taught three-credit course in International Reporting to 20 undergraduates.
Teacher of Conversational English, Sept. 1993 – June 1994
Veres Palne Gimnazium (High School), Budapest, Hungary
- Taught 11 different classes of Hungarian students, grades 9-12, each week for a full school year.
TRAINING
Trainer, Foreign-Correspondent Training Course, TOL (www.tol.cz), Prague, 2007 – present
- Created a real-world, pound-the-pavement reporting project for this bi-annual training course: http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article_courses.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=23&NrIssue=16&NrSection=10&NrArticle=19743
- In January 2012, guided two groups through my TOL foreign-reporting project:
- An international group of 13 participants, hailing from Italy to Uzbekistan;
- A group of 55 Chinese graduate students from HKBU;
- In July 2011, guided another couple dozen participants through the reporting project;
- In January 2011, guided two groups through my TOL foreign-reporting project:
- An international group of 8 participants, hailing from Russia to Spain;
- A group of 50-plus Chinese graduate students from HKBU;
- In July 2010, guided 15 participants through the reporting project, from Egypt to Brazil;
- In January 2010, guided two groups through my TOL foreign-reporting project:
- An international group of 22 participants, hailing from Pakistan to Sweden;
- A group of 55 Chinese graduate students from Hong Kong Baptist University;
- In July 2009, guided 16 participants through the reporting project, from Syria to Uzbekistan;
- In January 2009, guided two groups through the foreign-reporting project:
- An international group of 25 participants, hailing from Saudi Arabia to Georgia;
- A group of 35 Chinese graduate students from Hong Kong Baptist University;
- In July 2008, guided 18 participants through the foreign-reporting project;
- In January 2008, guided two groups through my TOL foreign-reporting project:
- An international group of 24 participants, hailing from Brazilto South Africa;
- Forty, mostly Chinese graduate students from Hong Kong Baptist University;
- In July 2007, guided 24 participants through the foreign-reporting project;
- In January 2007, guided 19 participants through the foreign-reporting project;
Lead Trainer, Multimedia, Education-Reporting Workshop, TOL (www.tol.cz), May 2010
- Eight participants from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, Kenya, Macedonia, Romania, South Africa and Ukraine, on how to do in-depth education reporting, multimedia-lly;
Lead Trainer, Shoulder-to-Shoulder Training of Roma Journalists, TOL, 2009 – 2010
- Year-long project to assist marginalized minority media in Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia;
- Produced a half-dozen pieces of serious journalism that humanized three Roma communities;
Trainer, U.N. Development Program Regional Center, Bratislava (www.undp.sk), April 7, 2007
- Created, led a one-day writing-skills workshop for two dozen UNDP staff.
Workshop Trainer, Dzeno Association, Prague, (www.dzeno.cz/?r_id=28), March 23-25, 2007
- Created, led weekend skills-building workshop for 10 Czech Roma journalism students.
Trainer-Coach, Roma Press Agency, Kosice, Slovakia (www.rpa.sk), Nov. 2006 – Feb. 2007
- Created three-month pilot project to help develop skills of Slovakia’s only Roma news service.
- Guided staff on Eastern Europe-wide evaluation of the “Decade of Roma Inclusion.”
Trainer, U.N. Development Program Regional Center, Bratislava (www.undp.sk), Nov. 6-7, 2006
- Created, led a two-day written-communications workshop for eight UNDP consultants.
Guest Lecturer, Center for Independent Journalism, Budapest (www.cij.hu), Aug. 15, 2006
- Invited to speak about various journalism topics with 15 Roma participants from four countries.
