Fall 2017 Covering an Event Assignment at AUC

Some basic tools for covering an event as a journalist.

For Fall 2017, students in the Multimedia Writing course covered many events on The American University in Cairo (AUC) campus.

This is a required course for all majors in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JRMC).

For this assignment the students worked in small groups to produce

• live tweets with photos and video
• an article
• photo essay
• short video
• audio clips and interviews

We used Adobe Spark to produce the web pages.

Here is the list of the events covered:

On Sunday, October 22, 2017

• Conference in AUC Reveals How Social Media Shapes Politics
• The Future of Traditional Journalism in Egypt

On Sunday, October 29, 2017

• Chi-La-I-Li Wa-Chi-Wi Brings Native American Culture to Cairo
• Tips for Inclusive Teaching
• The Future of Graduates in the World of Tech-based Corporations

On Monday, October 30, 2017

• Discussion with La Totfea El Shams Cast

On Monday, November 6, 2017

• Seeking Change Through Promoting Global Citizenship Education
• Global Citizenship and Its Importance in Promoting Education for an Entire Generation

Academic professor and author Fawaz Gerges gives a lecture at the American University in Cairo

 By Sama El Feky and Amina El Farnawany

Cairo-Egypt- Lebanese American academic and author with expertise on the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy and international relations, Fawaz Gerges gave a public lecture on American foreign policy towards the Middle East change and continuity at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on Monday, March 30.  

Gerges is not just a professor of Middle East Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Political Science, University of Oxford but he is also a holder of the Emirates Professorship in Contemporary Middle East Studies. Gerges, one of the top Middle East’s scholars, was the inaugural director of the LSE Middle East Centre from 2010 until 2013.

A former regular Middle East analyst for ABC News, Gerges, appeared on many famous shows including The Charlie Rose Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He wrote many books including The Rise and Fall of Al Qaeda, Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment?, and The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World.

During his lecture, Gerges focused mainly on the foreign policy of the United States. He demonstrated the point that the United States does not want to be involved with the Middle East. He used phrases like ‘uninterested’ to describe how Obama feels towards this region. However, he mentioned Obama’s interest in Iran due to the fact that it is the most important nuclear portfolio at the moment.

Gerges shared his opinion on the issue of the Middle East and the United States by saying that the Middle East should not wait for the United States’ intervention in matters. “It’s about time we take ownership and stand up for our region,” said Gerges. He later on shared his opinion on Egypt who he has been paying close attention to. “If you really want to know the situation in the Arab World, always look at Egypt. I teach my students, wherever Egypt goes, the Arab World follows,” said Gerges.

Gerges did not just cover the topic of the lecture but he also humbly answered questions from the AUC audience.