Rosental Alves to teach course on Entrepreneurial Journalism in Lisbon

2 May 2013

The course will take place as part of the 2013 Digital Media Summer Institute.

Course Description

20 May to 7 June at FCSH/UNL, Lisbon
[14h-17h]
ECTS 3,5

Entrepreneurial Journalism - Rosental Alves
The course is expected to include online and offline components. Students will look at how digital media has affected the processes of production, distribution, and consumption in the news industry, and study specific examples of innovative journalism projects that have taken advantage of the opportunities offered by digital platforms.

Rosental C. Alves is a Professor in the School of Journalism at UT Austin. He began his academic career in the United States in March 1996, after 27 years as a professional journalist, including seven years as a journalism professor in Brazil. For over a decade, he was a foreign correspondent based in Spain, Argentina, Mexico and the United States, working for Jornal do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most important Brazilian newspapers. In 1994, he managed the creation of Jornal do Brasil online edition, making it the first Brazilian newspaper available on the Web. Professor Alves created the first course on online journalism at The University of Texas at Austin. He also teaches courses on international reporting and Latin American studies. A working journalist since he was 16, Alves received a B.A. in journalism from the Rio de Janeiro Federal University. He was the first Brazilian awarded a Nieman Fellowship to spend an academic year (1987-88) at Harvard University. He previously taught journalism at Fluminense Federal University and at Gama Filho University, in Rio de Janeiro, beginning as a lecturer when he was 21.
 

How to Apply

Interested prospective applicants should send an email to carolina.enes@fct.unl.pt with the following information. The deadline is May 13 for Lisbon courses.

• The name of the course to which they are applying on the subject line of the email (one email per course);
• An application letter of up to 350 words and CV (both in English);
• Full name, address, telephone number, age and highest degree achieved. Students must also indicate the course and institution they are attending.