This course gives students the opportunity to take part in a journalistic and media-production project overseas. Students are assigned roles mimicking the division of labour in a ‘real-world’ media production; they learn to perform the tasks associated with their role, work with the rest of the team, and deliver a professional outcome such as a multimedia story, an interactive website or a documentary. Along the way they gain experience of working in a foreign country, developing their intercultural communication skills and global awareness.

In the Winter 2019 edition, students travelled to Kenya (Nairobi, Amboseli and Mombasa) to film a documentary about the transformations and disruptions brought about by digital media. They handled pre-production and production — developing the idea, writing a script, researching the topic, locating subjects, scouting locations and acquiring footage on location — and, back in Houston, took part in post-production (editing, colour correction and audio mixing).