ENS281 Environmental Journalism

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vojtěch Pelikán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vít Kouřil (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Veronika Išová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 17:00–18:30 M117
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students will gain general knowledge of media landscape and its segments. They will become familiar with the basic journalistic genres. Students will also learn how to present their environmental research in popular form and they will elaborate their own media outupts, which will be provided with individual feedback. Professional journalists will share with students experience from print media, TV, radio and from data journalism.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the labyrinth of media
  • 2. Map of green media in the Czech Republic and worldwide + their relationship with civic sector
  • 3. Environmental issues in the big media; case study: media & climate change
  • 4. Publishing process; scientific vs. popular text
  • 5. Topic selection and sources of information
  • 6. News coverage and its basic genres
  • 7. Interview
  • 8. Reportage
  • 9. Investigative & analytic approach
  • 10. Commentary, gloss, collumn
  • 11. Online media
  • 12. Photo, video, audio
  • 13. Data journalism
Teaching methods
- lectures - elaboration of individual tasks - individual feedback - presentations by professional journalists - reading of required literature
Assessment methods
Elaboration of partial and final tasks
Attendance (max 3 absence hours)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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