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from the issue of December 1, 2005
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Documentary examines U.S., France relations
Journalism project to premiere at the Ross
BY LISA MCEVOY, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
Eleven College of Journalism and Mass Communications students have been watching the news a lot lately.
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| | | DEPTH REPORTERS - UNL student reporters and film producers (from left) Erin Hilsabeck, Carrie Johnson, Kristen Hansen and Laura Schreier take a break from reporting in Paris to pose in front of the Eiffel Tower. A documentary film and magazine based on the students' trip premieres Dec. 1 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
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While that is not uncommon for journalism students, these 11 have a particularly special interest in the current political and social unrest in France.
Last fall, the students and four faculty members representing all three sequences of the college experienced the culture, history and people of France firsthand as a part of a series of International Depth Reporting projects, produced by students in the college.
Their research, interviews, photography and videography have produced a documentary and full-color magazine both of which premiere at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 7 p.m. Dec. 1.
The hour-long documentary, "I Love You, I Hate You Too," explores the thin line between love and hate the United States and France have traversed over the last 200 years. Student producers Carrie Johnson and Kristen Hansen explored the history of relations between the two world powers and provide an analysis of current unrest in France.
"I Love You - Neither Do I," the full-color magazine produced by both graduate and undergraduate reporters, includes further exploration of the relationship between the two countries and includes photographs by student photojournalist Alyssa Schukar. Students were also able to explore advertising methods employed by the French as a means of understanding the country's media system.
"This is a project crossing the three disciplines in the college - students from advertising, broadcasting, and news-editorial are all represented," said Will Norton, dean of the college. "It is an effort to apply in our projects the reality of convergence of media"
The project represents one of many international real-world experiences students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications are able to obtain.
"We want our programs to be places for future communications professionals to be prepared to work cross-culturally and recognize the value of global citizenship by those in the media," said Amy Struthers, advertising faculty and co-sponsor of the trip along with Rick Alloway, Joe Starita, and Jerry Renaud.
Another group of journalism students will leave in late December for a two-week trip to Sri Lanka to report on conditions one year after a tsunami devastated the region.
Other depth reporting topics have included Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood," terrorism, Cuba, Willa Cather's years at NU, obesity and the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn.
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