FSS:ZUR130 Introduction to news reporting - Course Information

ZUR130 Introduction to news reporting (seminar)

Extent and Intensity

1/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Robert Klos (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová

Timetable

Wed 8:50–9:40 AVC

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

ZUR130/01: Wed 12:00–13:30 PC54, J. Čuřík
ZUR130/02: Wed 14:00–15:40 PC54, R. Burgr
ZUR130/03: Mon 10:00–11:40 PC54, R. Klos

Prerequisites (in Czech)

ZUR105 Introduction to news reporting

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course offers basic information about news reporting. In particular, the aim is to familiarise students with basic news genres in printed media both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and familiarise them with essential rules of editing journalist texts written by other authors, as well as agency news. After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news reporting and characteristics of genres, and will have an overview of using the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) printed media. In the course, the students will also gain and acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on the currently most frequently used news genres.

Syllabus

• Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in printed media, and a short news item 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, overlapping of genres, and a news report 3. Selection of sources and working with them, survey 4. Selection of topics, relevance, news values, columns and sections, thematic areas of news, and agency news 5. News editorial team, reporter's profession, organisation of work, routines, and emergency and crisis situations 6. Journalism and public relations, press releases issued by authorities, offices, institutions and organisations, and press conferences 7. Impact of technologies onto news reporting and multimedia news reporting 8. News feature and emotions in the news 9. Ethics and law in the news and authorisation 10. News interview 11. Investigative journalism 12. Editing Seminar content: 1. Presenting the seminar content and assigning tasks 2. Short news report (in brief, local report, and notice), exercise and practical test 3. News report, exercise and practical test 4. Survey, exercise and practical test 5. Working with agency news, exercise 6. Transcribing agency news, exercise and practical test (transcribing a news items issued by the Czech News Agency) 7. Working with press releases issued by offices, authorities, institutions, and organisations, exercise 8. Working with the documents obtained at a press conference, exercise and practical test 9. News feature, exercise 10. News feature, exercise and practical test 11. News interview, exercise and practical test 12. Elements of editing, exercise 13. Final practical test

Literature

• BECH-KARLSEN, Jo. Být přitom :reportáž jako žánr a metoda. Online. 1. vyd. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1991. 208 s. ISBN 82-7147-094-9. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• BROOKS, Brian. News reporting and writing. Online. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. xxiv, 579. ISBN 0312180195. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• BURNS, Lynette Sheridan. Žurnalistika : [praktická příručka pro novináře]. Online. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004. 186 s. ISBN 8071788716. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• CAPPON, René J. The Associated Press guide to news writing. Online. 3rd ed. Forest City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, 2000. vii, 136. ISBN 0028637550. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• Making the local news : local journalism in context. Online. Edited by Bob Franklin - David Murphy. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. xi, 273 s. ISBN 0-415-16802-3. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• JAMIESON, Kathleen Hall and Paul WALDMAN. The press effect : politicians, journalists, and the stories that shape the political world. Online. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xvii, 220. ISBN 0195173295. [citováno 2024-04-24] URL info
• MALLETTE, Malcolm F. Příručka pro novináře střední a východní Evropy. Online. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1994. 161 s. ISBN 80-7106-045-3. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• MCQUAIL, Denis. Úvod do teorie masové komunikace. Online. Translated by Jan Jirák - Marcel Kabát. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999. 447 s. ISBN 80-7178-200-9. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• MENCHER, Melvin. News reporting and writing. Online. 9th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003. 1 v. ISBN 0072491949. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora and Alena LÁBOVÁ. Zpravodajství v médiích. Online. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2001. 155 s. ISBN 8024602482. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• RUSS-MOHL, Stephan. Žurnalistika : komplexní průvodce praktickou žurnalistikou. Online. Translated by Hana Bakičová. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005. 292 s. ISBN 8024701588. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• SCHWARTZ, Jerry. Associated Press reporting handbook. Online. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ix, 219. ISBN 0071372172. [citováno 2024-04-24] URL info
• STOVALL, James Glen. Web journalism : practice and promise of a new medium. Online. Boston: Pearson Education, 2004. xv, 239. ISBN 0205353983. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Online. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006. 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. [citováno 2024-04-24] URL info
• TUŠER, Andrej. Ako sa robia noviny. Online. 2., upr. vyd. Bratislava: SOFA, 2003. 163 s. ISBN 8089033261. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• VEĽAS, Štefan. Teória a prax novinárskych žánrov.. Online. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2000. 66 s. ISBN 80-223-1493-5. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• TUŠER, Andrej and Mária FOLLRICHOVÁ. Teória a prax novinárskych žánrov.. Online. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2001. 106 s. ISBN 80-223-1555-9. [citováno 2024-04-24] info

Teaching methods

theoretical preparation practical journalistic assignments

Assessment methods

Lectures in which students are familiarised with individual topics according to the course syllable. Producing texts in individual genres is subsequently the content of seminars. The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit, within deadlines and in sufficient quality, all the tasks assigned in lectures and seminars, pass the final test based on the lectures and, receive a sufficient number of points for practical tasks assigned in seminars (it is not allowed to use tasks prepared in another course), and pass the final practical test of journalist skills. In case of practical task (articles) the lecturers evaluate the formal requisites, factual correctness, grammar, originality, style and respecting the genre.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Právo zápisu mají pouze studenti oborové specializace "žurnalistika", a to i v případě, že se přihlásí později než studenti jiných specializací a oborů.

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