Journalistic Writing - 1st semester
Code
722011047
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
António Granado
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
In this course, students will contact several journalistic genres (news, features, profiles and columns) and will be able, at the end, to produce high quality journalism works to be published in national newspapers or magazines.
In this course, it is expected that students:
1) understand and apprehend the differences between journalism genres;
2) will be able to adequately gather information in order to prepare and write a journalistic text;
3) contact, through actual cases, the ethical rules of the journalistic profession;
4) frequently produce high quality journalistic texts.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
The syllabus of this course will cover: a) the analysis of the characteristics of journalism writing; b) the analysis of different journalism genres; c) the study of the newsgathering procedures and validation of journalistic information; d) the production of journalistic texts, in order to be published on a seminar website or in a national Portuguese newspaper or magazine.
Bibliography
BOUCHER, Jean Dominique (1994) A Reportagem Escrita, Lisboa, Inquérito.
GILLMOR, Dan (2005) Nós, os media, Lisboa, Presença.
KOVACH, Bill e ROSENSTIEL, Tom (2005) Os Elementos do Jornalismo, Porto, Porto Editora.
PÚBLICO (2005) Livro de Estilo, 2ªed, Lisboa, Público.
RANDALL, David (1996) The Universal Journalist, London, Pluto Press.
Teaching method
The course will combine theoretical exposition with collective discussion of journalistic texts produced by students.
Evaluation method
Evaluation results from 5 elements:
Two news stories 20 %.
One feature 30 %.
One profile 30 %.
A column 20 %.