Inside UO's Groundbreaking Hostage Diplomacy Course

Описание: What does hostage diplomacy really look like, and how can students use their communication skills to help make a difference while still in college?

In this video, Advertising Professor of Practice David Ewald explains the ‪@uoregon‬ School of Journalism and Communication’s (SOJC) first-of-its-kind Hostage Diplomacy course, an immersive, real-world, interdisciplinary learning experience focused on press freedom, advocacy, and high-impact storytelling.

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Co-taught with Jason Rezaian—director of Press Freedom Initiatives at ‪@WashingtonPost‬ and a former hostage held in Iran for 544 days—the course give students an insider's view into hostage diplomacy, bringing together students from the UO's journalism, advertising, public relations, media studies, and global studies majors to work directly with:
• Former hostages and families of wrongful detainees
• Advocacy organizations and press freedom leaders
• Government officials and policymakers
• Real campaigns and projects—often culminating in travel to Washington, D.C.

The course takes students from Eugene, Oregon, to Washington, D.C., each spring to meet with policymakers, experts, journalists and hostages’ families. In this hands-on experimental course, students don’t just study hostage diplomacy—they practice the work of public awareness, ethical storytelling, campaigning, and advocacy in emotionally complex, high-stakes environments.

Learn more about the UO School of Journalism and Communication: https://journalism.uoregon.edu