Syllabus | EN 2109: Fundamental Journalism I
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Language for writing journals (20/10 hrs)
Looking at different news items in newspapers and journals. Examine them under the following
headings: vocabulary, sentence structure, prose style, organization. Discussion
News writing style (20/10 hrs)
- What characteristics does good writing demonstrate? Discuss the following under two headings. Authoring (creating document) and crafting (actual writing)
- Authoring: a sense of the audience and style (appropriateness), a sense of purpose
(content), a sense of direction (developing the ideas)
- Crafting: organization-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 (20/10 hrs)
- Familiarization with headlines of different news items, sub-head/s, straight news, lead. Writing in the third person point of view
- Planning, drafting, revising, re-drafting, publishing
Feature styles (15/ 08 hrs)
- How feature writing differs from ‘straight’ news. Examine the two types, can slip into 1st person point of view, making the piece of writing more personal.
- List characteristics of different feature articles
Crafting a news story (15 / 07 hrs)
- Focus: how parts are linked together through cohesive devices, how sentence structures can vary to develop meaning, the role that is played by punctuation.
- Use a checklist which focus 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 wring this news item/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? Analyze your conclusion.
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