Journalism in Ghana

The Summer 2020 Journalism in Ghana program has been canceled. For information about other Journalism classes being offered online this summer, please visit the Summer section of our website.

Overview

Journalism in Ghana is an intensive six-week experience in immersion journalism. Students follow a rigorous schedule, actively participate in reporting, writing, photographing, or filming almost every day. Students who wish to develop their reporting pieces further after returning to the U.S. will have the opportunity to do so.

The program is run though the College of Arts and Science summer study abroad programs. For more information and to access the application, visit the Journalism in Ghana section of the CAS Summer Abroad Programs website.

Financial aid may be available! Visit the Financial Assistance section of the CAS Summer Abroad Programs website to learn more.

Courses

Students take two courses (8 credits), both of which count as electives for the journalism major or both journalism minors:

Journalism and Society: Cultural Context of African Media JOUR-UA 9503 (4 credits)
Elective Reporting Topics: Reporting Africa JOUR-UA 9204 (4 credits)

Summer 2020 Program Dates

Student Arrival: Monday, May 25
Student Departure: Saturday, July 4

Summer 2020 Application Deadlines

December 1 – Application Launch
February 1 – Priority Deadline
March 1 – General Deadline
April 15 – Final Deadline
April 30 – Final Confirmation

Projects by Past Participants

- - “The Artist Critiquing Voting Systems through Performance Art” by Mariana Fernandez
  - “Meet the Passionate Artists Who Are Building An Animation Industry in Ghana” by Daniel Paez
  - “Ghana’s First Microbrewery Is Changing the Way Beer Is Made in Africa” by Louise Matsakis
  - “How Ghana’s Biggest Slum Copes With Climate Change-Fueled Floods” by Mariana Fernandez
  - “In Ghana, Women and ‘Market Queens’ Dominate the Economy” by Maggie O’Neill
  - “Taking Radio to the People in Ghana” by Libby Cathey
  - “If You Have AIDS, All Others Around You Will Be Stigmatized” by Katelyn Israelski
  - “Ghana: Raising Future Boxing Champions” by Mohamed Najid Bin Mohamed Sultan
  - “The Business of Fashion: Out of Africa and Out of Ghana” by Madison Back
  - “Global Culinary Dreams” by Grace West
  - “Am Acquired Taste” by David Garfinkel
  - “Women in film fight to be seen” by Tim Kennedy
  - “As the Old Gold Coast Discovers the Black Gold” by Adrian Fussell
  - “Where Abortion is Illegal, Trying to Ease the Pain,” by Elana Roth
  - “Ghana pursues national identity card,” by Daarel Burnette II
  - “Fighting A Curse in Ghana,” by Alex Cotton
  - “How Middle East Funding Brings Conservative Islam to Ghana,” by Samantha Bryson
  - Africa Dispatch – A project of Reporting Africa
  - “In Ghana, Internet Savvy Intensifies Scams,” by Carlos Cagin
  - “Ghana Boosts Dressmaking to Create Jobs,” by Amy Ascherman
  - “The Rise of “Afropolitan” Fashion,” by Erica Fisher

More projects can be found on LiveWire.