GLED 391 Industry
Assignment
Margaret Carmel
Jeff South
Freelance Journalist
Worked and Traveled All
Over the World
Currently teaches Mass
Communication at VCU
Classes in Global Competency
Graduated from University of Texas in 1974
Unfortunately when Mr. South went to college there
wasn’t much focus at all on Global competency and
related issues.
Demographic Change
Mr. South noted a shift in the kinds of students that
he has taught to more diverse groups and more
international students.
International Culture
Experience
Most contact with Eastern European Cultures in his
Journalism work
Mr. South completed a Eastern European Fellowship
in 2007 where he did journalism work for various
publications in that area of the world
While he was in Ukraine for the Fellowship he wrote a
magazine article on the state of the free press in
Eastern Europe and former Soviet States
Implications for Journalism
The presence of other cultures forces Journalists to
think more broadly about their subjects
Different viewpoints of minorities are becoming
increasingly important
Journalists need to deal head on with the language
barrier
Implications for Americans
Americans need to understand that the rest of the
world exists and is very important in our increasingly
Global economy
Mr. South says “typically Americans don’t care about
other cultures, and other cultures just wish to be
understood by the Western world”