Applications to the executive group are open

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As I mentioned in the introductory lecture, we will form a separate, special group called "the executive group" before all the other project group are formed. The project groups will be formed as soon as possible after the third seminar (Oct 8), and they will be announced at the fourth and last seminar (Oct 14).

The executive group will however not work on a news-related task/project idea during the project phase, but will instead be a "project management team" and an interface between the teachers (Daniel and Malin) and the project groups.

The executive group will perform a number of tasks, some of which are mandatory and some of which are optional:

- Lead the executive group

- Produce the book, "Future of News"

- Produce the final presentation/show "Future of News"

- Produce a Future of News project website (separate from the course website/blogs)

- Document the project (collect all material produced by the project groups and publish it on the course's web archive - perhaps including redesigning or updating the archive itself)

- Marketing/sponsorship/advertising (optional)

- Whatever else you can think about (optional)

It is usually quite popular to be part of the executive group and make use of the practical media technological skill that students have acquired over the years. You therefore have to apply for a position in the executive group. Send your application (1 page) to Daniel (pargman at kth.se) and Malin (picha at kth.se) by mail. The deadline is next Tuesday, October 1. Please specify what task or tasks (above) you are especially interested in/suited for and list relevant experiences and other reasons, arguments and supporting information that you would like to emphasize in your application. The executive group usually consists of around 5 persons.

Part of the responsibilities of all members of the executive group is to participate in regular lunch/work meetings (usually every second or third week) together with us teachers and with the project group leaders during the project phase (October - December).

For the first time we will this year also allow non-Swedish-speakning students to apply. We have earlier made the judgement call that it's an advantage to also speak Swedish (if you need to work things out with people outside of the course), but we think that might not actually be necessary so everyone is welcome to apply.

  

NOTE on grades: As apart from all other project groups, responsibilities will be divided/negotiated individually in the executive group and grades will be set individually for members of the executive group (i.e. not all members of the executive group necessarily get the same grades). Even though the work in the executive group can be hectic at times (near deadlines), we feel that it does perhaps not demand the same effort as working in an ambitious project group. The default grade for members of the executive group is therefore a B or a C (assuming that you do "deliver", i.e. that there is a successful final presentation in December, that we each do get a printed book at the end of the course etc.). That means that members of the executive group have to perform outstanding work in order to attain the highest possible grade in the course (A). This was the case last year.

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