The FASPE program for graduate students in journalism programs is an intensive two-week fellowship program that examines the roles played by journalists in Nazi Germany and during the Holocaust, underscoring the breakdown and challenges of the moral codes that govern the journalism profession. The program’s integrated approach includes historical, cultural, philosophical, and documentary sources; survivor testimony; visits to German and Polish newsrooms; and on-site workshops in Berlin and Auschwitz.
The FASPE Journalism Program examines the following topics, among others:
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Ethical challenges of reporting on human rights abuses
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The relationship between state authority and journalism (including censorship and propaganda)
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Media’s role in creating and remembering the historical narrative
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The role of new-age media in present-day journalism
The goal of FASPE is to provide graduate students, through the exploration of these issues and visits to Holocaust sites, with new insights that will help them tackle problems of moral reasoning in their future careers.
The FASPE Journalism curriculum was designed by Professor Ari Goldman of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and the FASPE staff. The 2011 Program was led by Professor Goldman and Professor Andie Tucher, also of Columbia University. The Journalism fellows traveled from May 25 to June 5, 2011. Here is their work in progress:
http://www.faspe.info/journalism2011/ .
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