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Detailed Description
Students prepare for the pursuit, preparation and packaging of news
for multiple media platforms. Basic news gathering principles will be
examined as students learn the basic journalistic skills associated
with news judgment, researching, interviewing, verifying of sources,
writing and packaging for print, broadcast and online mediums.
Program Context
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Program Coordinator: Sherine Mansour |
This course is a basic,
necessary and fundamental
course in the training of
journalism students that
prepares them for the industry
by focusing on the cornerstone
skills of research,
interviewing, writing and
packaging of news and information.
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Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes
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By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability
to identify, research, gather, verify, write and package news for
print, broadcast and Internet mediums.
Learning Outcomes
To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated
the ability to:
1. apply good news judgment in the news gathering process
2. select and interview appropriate individuals when gathering news
3. construct and research news stories through various modes
available to journalists
4. examine and search through newswires
5. write print, web and broadcast style news stories
6. validate and nurture news sources
7. use newsroom software in the packaging of news stories
8. appraise and self-edit news stories
9. understand all legal and ethical rules governing responsible journalism
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Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:
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All assignments must be submitted by the assignment deadline. Each
day an assignment is late will result in the loss of one mark deducted
from the total value of the assignment. In-class activities must be
done in-class.
Exceptions may be made with a medical note or at the instructor¿s
discretion.
Plagiarism is a serious offense and the policy as stated on the
College website in the student handbook will be strictly enforced.
Penalties range from an automatic 0 to suspension when a student is
caught plagiarizing.
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:
Evaluation Plan established by Ken Wolff (Tuesday's class)
Assignments - Ken Wolff
Blog - 10%
Interview Assignment - 10%
Print Story Pitch - 5%
Web Story Pitch - 5%
Web Story Assignment - 10%
Total: 50%
Evaluation Plan established by Sherine Mansour (Friday's class)
Assignments - Sherine Mansour
TV Scripts - Various - 20%
In Class Radio/Podcasting Assignment - 10%
Grammar Exam - 20%
Total: 50%
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Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities requirements:
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Essential Employability
Skills
Essential Employability Skills emphasized in the course:
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Communication
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X
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Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
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X
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Interpersonal
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Numeracy |
X
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Information
Management |
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Personal
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Notes: N/A
Prior Learning Assessment
PLA Contact: Registrar's Office
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement
of the course learning outcomes through previous life and work experiences.
This course is eligible for challenge through the following
method(s):
| Challenge Exam |
Portfolio |
Interview |
Other |
Not Eligible for PLA |
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Notes: N/A
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Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Effective term: Fall 2010
Instructor: Tba
Textbook(s): N/A
Applicable student group(s): Students of Journalism New Media
Course Details:JOUR55586 Topical Outline for Ken Wolff - Tuesday¿s Class
Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances
such as weather cancellations, college and student activities, and
class timetabling.
Instructor: Ken Wolff / Sherine Mansour
Applicable student group(s): Students of Journalism New Media
Course Details (Weeks 1-14):
TUESDAY'S CLASS WITH KEN WOLFF
Week 1: Course Overview
-introduction to the class
-survival information to get through the semester
-discuss course outline
-Ken online and print marking
-Sherine broadcast
-we are following the same path, sometimes work will duplicate,
sometimes go in separate directions, will end up at the same place
-discuss marking scheme
-introductions to each other
-significant group work
-deadlines
-current affairs quiz
-short writing assignment
Week 2: Being a Journalist
-what it means to be a journalist
-Samuel Freedman On Being a Journalist
-the theory and the practicality
-has social media changed the basics of journalism?
-practical examples and lots of discussion
Week 3: Basic principles of Research
-getting it right
-verifying facts
-credibility of sources
-trusting Wikipedia, blogs tweets
-rumours versus news
-the consequences of making a mistake
-where do you find the story
-how do you know it is a story
-introduce the journalistic blog, to be followed with practical info
Week 4: The Interview
-the various forms of interviews
-the interview for research
-the interview for quotes
-the print interview
-the web interview
-where do you do the interviews?
-what are the right questions?
-doing the interview (assign interview to be marked next week)
Week 5: More of the interview
-testing what you have learned
-exercise in class involving research and the interview
-in-class interview for marking
-how do you take the information you have gathered and turn it into a
story for print?
Week 6: What news is and once you know that, how do you come up with
your idea?
-review blogs in regards to the definition of news
-what is your story about?
-is it the right story
-how do you order your facts?
-making sure you are the observer, not the participant
-picking a story to write
-following week hand in story idea
Week 7: Writing the news story
-present story idea (5 marks)
-once you have the idea, how do you write it
-active writing
-picking the right word
-your place in the story
-assign story
READING WEEK
Week 8: The art of writing news
-writing short
-editing, editing editing
-finding your voice
-creating scenes
-different types of stories
-hand in story assigned in previous week
Week 9: More than one draft
-in class editing of the story
-in class re-write the story
-hand in for 10%
Week 10: Web vs Print
-how does the web vary from print?
-how are your blogs different from print writing?
-how does Twitter and text messaging change writing for print
-is writing for the web as journalistically the same as writing for
the web?
Week 11: Writing for the Web
-writing that you can scan
-point forms
-bullet points
-sub headings
-is there a place for literate writing?
-submit story idea for the web
Week 12: How you make it work
-Presenting story idea for the web
-submit idea for marking 5%
-making the idea come to life on the web
Week 13: Getting practical about online journalism
-present personal blogs
-analysis of them as traditional journalism
-analysis of them as new journalism
-provide written web presentation of what you think worked and what
did not work(10%)
-work on final web story (presented in a web form)
Week 14: General overview
-hand in final web story (10%)
-review on moving into semester two
FRIDAY'S CLASS - WITH SHERINE MANSOUR
Week 1: Sept. 10
Introduction and class overview for the semester
What are the cardinal rules of broadcast writing?
What's the story? Where do TV scripts come from?
Types of scripts in television news writing
Types of leads in television news writing
Writing for the ear (and the mouth!)
Week 2: Sept. 17
Wire Services and news feeds - INTRO TO ENPS SOFTWARE
The Basics of Writing to video
Writing Styles - not everyone writes the same but there are some rules
(Style Guide)
Writing Tense
Pronouncers
In class writing exercise
***Assign voiceover story to correspond with Editing class
Week 3: Sept. 24
Attribution and Integrity
Lose the Hyperbole, temper the sensationalism
Rewriting news wire stories - practice
Rewriting from newspaper stories
***In - class writing exercise - due in class Week 4
Week 4: Oct. 1
Due - In Class writing exercise for evaluation
Writing stories from raw video and interviews - practice
Telling the Story from the desk versus from the field
Writing Breaking News for television
***In Class writing exercise - due in class week 5
Week 5: Oct.8
Due - In Class writing exercise for evaluation
ENPS Software Training
News lineups and the role of the writers
Week 6: Oct. 15
Writing bumpers, teasers and other show elements
Writing for dual anchors
Writing anchor thros to reporter packages
Week 7: Oct. 22
Writing to Video Lab - Full Class
TV Scripts Assignment Distributed
READING WEEK
Week 8 - Nov 5
TV Scripts Assignment Due Beginning of Class - 20%
Formatting of TV scripts
Show Lineup exercise - Lab
Week 9: Nov 12
Show Lineup Exercise Cont.
Week 10: Nov 19
Lab - Writing for Radio and podcasting
In class activity
Week 11: Nov. 26
Lab - Writing for Radio and podcasting
In Class Assignment - 10% DUE IN CLASS
Week 12: Dec 3
Grammar Seminar - Nail it down!
Week 13: Dec 10
In class Grammar Exam
Week 14 - 17
Final grammar marks distributed
Semester Wrap up - planning for semester two
Academic Honesty
The principle of academic honesty requires that all work submitted for evaluation and course credit be the original,
unassisted work of the student. Cheating or plagiarism including borrowing, copying, purchasing or collaborating on
work, except for group projects arranged and approved by the faculty member, or otherwise submitting work that is not
the student's own violates this principle and will not be tolerated. Instances of academic dishonesty, including
assisting another student to cheat, will be penalized as detailed in the Student Handbook.
Students who have any questions regarding whether or not specific circumstances involve a breach of academic
honesty are advised to discuss them with the faculty member prior to submitting the assignment in question.
Discrimination and Harassment
Sheridan is committed to provide a learning environment that respects the dignity, self esteem and fair treatment
of every person engaged in the learning process. Behaviour which is inconsistent with this principle will
not be tolerated. Details of Sheridan's policy on Harassment and Discrimination are available in the Student Handbook.
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