Student Work

Covering Ireland and Northern Ireland

Semester: Spring 2018

Categories: Photography, Writing

Jon McCourt stands in front of the Guildhall in Derry, Northern Ireland — Jon McCourt has spent his life fighting, in one form or another. Today he is battling for justice for abuses he and hundreds of other Northern Irish children throughout most of the 20th century, suffered in youth homes and orphanages run by the Catholic Church. But with a broken government and a population of aging, tired victims, there’s no certainty the peace he’s looking for will come. So for now, McCourt, pictured in front of the Guildhall in Derry, is left to fight with whatever time he has left. (Sara Miller | The Media School)

Students from The Media School, the Hamilton-Lugar School of Global and International Studies and the Department of Religious Studies collaborated to report on issues of religion in Ireland and Northern Ireland in professor of practice Elaine Monaghan‘s course, Covering Ireland and Northern Ireland. The class traveled to Ireland and Northern Ireland during spring break.

The team produced a website with their stories and photos and presented their work at a symposium called “Representing Religion.” The projects covered topics ranging from Brexit concerns to hate crimes to and sex education.

Read the stories.

Student Work

Covering Ireland and Northern Ireland

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