- Code
- JMC 107
- Name
- News Writing and Reporting
- Semester
- 1
- Lecture hours
- 2.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.50
- Laborator hours
- 0.50
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 4.00
- Description
-
News Writing and Reporting is a course that teaches students the principles of crafting a news story, understanding what constitutes news, and developing the skills necessary to become successful reporters. Students will learn how to structure a news story, construct effective headlines, and more.
- Objectives
-
• To identify the different types of news and the writing techniques for each of them. • Understand sources of information and assess their reliability. • Use interviewing techniques to obtain information and create effective news stories. • Build news headlines and create their structure. • Understand the ethics of journalism and build news content ethically and in favor of the public interest. • Write journalism articles and investigative reports in an effective and engaging manner. • Understand the process of publishing and distributing news in newspapers and other media platforms.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Presentation of course. - Aims and objectives.
- 2
- The Nature of News - What is the news? - The role of journalism and the challenges facing - accuracy, fairness and objectivity.
- 3
- Redefinition of news: Citizen journalism and convergence - Citizen journalism - Convergence
- 4
- Interviewing - Gain Confidence - Preparing for an interview - broadcast interviews - Creation of the report - How to maintain accuracy
- 5
- What to quote directly - Problems in direct quotation - Attribution of direct and indirect quotations
- 6
- Collection and verification of information - accurate information: The basis of a good story - Sources of computerized information - other traditional sources
- 7
- Inverted Pyramid - How to write leads - Organize writing - Thinking by an inverted pyramid
- 8
- Midterm Exam
- 9
- The elements of good writing - Good stories begins with good reporting
- 10
- Alternatives of inverted pyramid - Chronology - Narrative of news - Structure of focus
- 11
- Necrology - Basic information and style of necrology - Sources of information
- 12
- Press Releases - Finding news in press releases - Types of press releases - How to treat a press release.
- 13
- To cover a news category. - Principles for reporters covering a news category. - Coverage of important local news categories. - News category on police.
- 14
- Overview. Presentation of projects.
- 15
- Presenting projects.
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Studentët do të marrin njohuritë bazë rreth raportimit dhe shkrimit të lajmit
- 2
- Studentët do të jenë të aftë të përdorin sa më mirë burimet e informacionit, të ndërtojnë strukturën e një lajmi për gazetë, TV, radio, si dhe për tregimet e gjata.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 4 56
- Duties
- 1 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 2 2
- Final exam
- 1 2 2
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 108
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 4.32
- ECTS
- 4.00