Syllabus | EN 2210: Intermediate Journalism
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October 09, 2018
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An Introduction to Journalism (15/8 hrs)
What is journalism?
Who is a Journalist?
Qualities of a successful journalist
Training and Qualifications for a journalist
Journalism as a career
Steps to become a journalist
- Prepare
- Learn about the field
- Get Training
- Go to work
- Getting help
- Get started
- Joining up
- Questions for discussions
News Writing Style & Writing News Reports (15/7 hrs)
Language for writing journals : Looking at different news items in news papers and Journals . Examine them under the following headings.
Vocabulary, sentence structure, prose style, organization, discussion
News Writing Style:
What characteristics does good writing demonstrate? Discuss the following under
two headings. Authoring ( creating documents) and crafting ( actual writing)
Authoring : a sense of audience and style ( appropriateness) , a sense of purpose (
content) a sense of direction ( developing the ideas.)
Crafting : Organization should be clear and in a logical manner, using the
conventions spelling, lay out, getting the grammar correct , varied sentence structure, linking ideas in different ways , having a good range of vocabulary.
- Writing News Reports
Familiarization with headlines, of different news items , sub head/s , straight news ,
linking ideas in different ways, having a good range of vocabulary.
Planning, drafting, revising, re – drafting, publishing
Feature styles (15/8 hrs)
How feature writing differs from straight news? Examine the two types, slip into 1st
person point of view, making the piece of writing more personal.
List the characteristics of different feature articles.
Crafting a news story (15/7 hrs)
Focus: How parts are linked together through cohesive devices, how sentence
structure can vary to develop meaning , the role that is played by punctuation.
Use a check list which focuses on the overall content and organization.
Answer these questions.
- Audience:
Who is your audience?
What interest do they have in the subject?
What do they already know about this subject?
Purpose
What do you want to accomplish by writing this news item or feature article?
Is it to entertain/ educate/ inspire them to do something / help them understand
something new/ see something from a new point of view/ change their minds
about something?
- Writing Stage :
Write main idea in a complete sentence, ask yourself.
Is it clear to you/ your audience?
Write support material. Ask yourself , do you need to be more specific/ develop
any idea more?
Does your discussion move smoothly? Analyse your conclusion.
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