Modiwl UXS-1001:
Intro to Practical Journalism
Intro to Practical Journalism 2022-23
UXS-1001
2022-23
School Of Arts, Culture And Language
Module - Semester 1
20 credits
Module Organiser:
Ifan Jones
Overview
- The Basics of Writing a News Story
- How to write Intros, Drop Intros, Lively Intros
- What makes a good news story?
- Where do stories come from?
- How to build a contacts book
- How to conduct an interview
- Writing for TV and Radio
- Colour and Feature Writing
- An Introduction to Shorthand
- How to deal with breaking news
Assessment Strategy
-threshold -D: * An appreciation of journalistic writing and researching An appreciation of journalistic values An understanding of the essentials of preparing for and conducting an interview An understanding of the nature of the free press A fair ability to write newspaper articles and news programme scripts
-good -B: * A sound appreciation of journalistic writing and researching A sound appreciation of journalistic values A good understanding of the essentials of preparing for and conducting an interview A good understanding of the nature of the free press A sound ability to write newspaper articles and news programme scripts
-excellent -A An excellent appreciation of journalistic writing and researching An excellent appreciation of journalistic values An excellent understanding of the essentials of preparing for and conducting an interview An excellent understanding of the nature of the free press* An excellent ability to write newspaper articles and news programme scripts
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse news events and construct their own independent view of each story
- Appreciate the different journalistic writing skills for the press, TV and radio
- Appreciate the importance of finding, nurturing and developing contacts
- Be able to research their own stories and develop these for future use
- Deal with interview situations, both planned and unplanned
- Originate their own stories and construct these with all the necessary elements to enable them to be published
- Understand and appreciate the need to write copy to length
Assessment method
Coursework
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Hard News: one article approx. 500 words
Weighting
35%
Due date
18/11/2022
Assessment method
Coursework
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Feature: one article approx. 1,000 words
Weighting
35%
Due date
16/12/2022
Assessment method
Coursework
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Public Relations: press release and summary approx. 1000 words
Weighting
30%
Due date
06/01/2023