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ZUR144 Journalistic practice

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Kurucová (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Miroslav Mašek (assistant)
Mgr. Jana Urbanovská, Ph.D. (assistant)

Supervisor

prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism - Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Pavlína Brabcová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Media Studies and Journalism - Faculty of Social Studies

Prerequisites (in Czech)

ZUR109 STISK - practice medium || ZUR141 IT for journalists

Course Enrollment Limitations

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

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 25 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The course provides students with a significant opportunity to connect the previous theoretical courses and practically oriented seminars organised by the Department with the actual practice in real conditions. In the course of a three-month internship in media (editorial boards of newspapers, Internet news portals, radio and television – in case of the specialisation of Journalism), or possibly in studios dealing with post-production, in advertising agencies or PR agencies (in cease of the specialisation of Digital Media), the aim is thus to familiarise students with everyday work in the selected profession. The students will become aware of everyday functioning of the specific editorial board, studio or advertising agency so that they could test their own skills and competences for performing the profession. Another aim is to allow the students to become “independent”, being able not only to fulfil the assigned task but also to come up with their own ideas. In case of the Journalism specialisation, the course output will be author's news reporting and journalist materials published in the media where the students perform their internships. In case of the Digital Media specialisation, the output will be the work performed and used within those organisations where the students will perform their internship (e.g. post-production outputs). In the course of the internship, the students will acquire detailed knowledge of the daily work routine in the specific organisation, learning to work “inside” the institution and in the field (provided that it is included in the institution's work). On the theoretical level, the students will gain, according to the institution's character, appropriate knowledge of not only the organisation itself, but also the functioning of companies, public administration, local authorities, and other public bodies and organisations at least on the district level. At the end of the internship, the student will be able to manage, without any serious difficulties, the complete work on the level of the given function within the specific institution. The course participants will gain and deepen not only practical skills and routine procedures, but their knowledge will also grow to another qualitative level with the help of reflection and confronting the theory and practice, which will significantly extend and enhance the possibilities of finding a vacancy after graduation and will substantially increase their competitiveness in comparison with those students who have not completed a similar cycle, linking the theory and practice (over an extended period of three months of everyday work in media and other institutions).

Syllabus

• 1. Under the guarantor's management (employee of the organisation where the student will perform the internship), the student will familiarise in detail with everyday editorial, agency or company routine, with the institution's work, as well as with the activities performed within the function in which the student will be trained. 2. Managing not only routine content and organisational affairs, but also technical knowledge and processes in the given organisation. 3. Gradual fulfilment of not only assigned tasks but also (following an agreement with the internship guarantor) realisation of one's own ideas. 4. Gradual managing of independent work not only within the organisation but also in the field (e.g. participating in press conferences, etc.). 5. Final evaluation of student's work by the guarantor and possible guarantor's recommendations for improving student's work in the future. Note: The internship may be performed only in the institution which will oblige to provide the student with the necessary conditions, i.e. a workplace, computer, etc., and will cover the expenses when the student is asked to work outside the office. In case of an institution with which the Department or the Faculty has not concluded a general agreement on internship performance, the student is required to arrange everything individually following a preliminary agreement with the lecturer. In such case, the institution must oblige to provide the internship in the required extent and quality, to allow the lecturer's “inspection”, and after completing the internship, to submit to the lecture written evaluation of the internship in the requested scope.

Literature

• BARTOŠEK, Jaroslav. Žurnalistika : úvod do studia. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Středisko distančního vzdělávání FF UP, 1997. 130 s. info
• BECH-KARLSEN, Jo. Být přitom :reportáž jako žánr a metoda. 1. vyd. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1991. 208 s. ISBN 82-7147-094-9. info
• BROOKS, Brian S. News reporting and writing. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. xxiv, 579. ISBN 0-312-18019-5. info
• BURNS, Lynette Sheridan. Žurnalistika :[praktická příručka pro novináře]. Translated by Hana Loupová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004. 186 s. ISBN 80-7178-871-6. info
• CAPPON, René J. The Associated Press guide to news writing. 3rd ed. Forest City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, 2000. vii, 136 s. ISBN 0-02-863755-0. info
• Online journalism :reporting, writing, and editing for new media. Edited by Richard Craig. Belmont, Calif.: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. xiv, 284 p. ISBN 0-534-53146-6. info
• MINÁŘOVÁ, Eva, Marie KRČMOVÁ, Jan CHLOUPEK and Marie ČECHOVÁ. Současná česká stylistika (Stylistics of the Contemporary Czech Language). 1. vyd. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2003. 342 pp. none. ISBN 80-86642-00-3. info
• Making the local news : local journalism in context. Edited by Bob Franklin - David Murphy. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. xi, 273 s. ISBN 0-415-16802-3. info
• HALLER, Michael. Die Reportage :ein Handbuch für Journalisten. 2., überarbeitete Aufl. München: Ölschläger, 1990. 332 s. ISBN 3-88295-143-5. info
• HALLER, Michael. Das Interview :ein Handbuch für Journalisten. 1. Aufl. München: Ölschläger, 1991. 421 s. ISBN 3-88295-085-4. info
• HARCUP, Tony. Journalism :principles and practice. Thousand Oaks, Calif. :.: Sage Publications, 2004. 179 s. ;. ISBN 0-7619-7499-7. info
• JAMIESON, Kathleen Hall and Paul WALDMAN. The press effect : politicians, journalists, and the stories that shape the political world. New York :.: Oxford University Press, 2003. xvii, 220. ISBN 0-19-517329-5. info
• KŘÍŽEK, Zdeněk and Ivan CRHA. Jak psát reklamní text. 3., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008. 220 s. ;. ISBN 978-80-247-2452. info
• MALLETTE, Malcolm F. Příručka pro novináře střední a východní Evropy. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1994. 161 s. ISBN 80-7106-045-3. info
• MENCHER, Melvin. News reporting and writing. 9th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003. 1 sv. (rů. ISBN 0-07-249194-9. info
• MUSIL, Josef. Elektronická média v informační společnosti. Praha: Votobia, 2003. 261 s. ISBN 80-7220-157-3. info
• OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora and Alena LÁBOVÁ. Zpravodajství v médiích. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2001. 155 s. ISBN 80-246-0248-2. info
• OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora and Jan HALADA. Encyklopedie praktické žurnalistiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1999. 256 s. ISBN 80-85983-76-1. info
• RUSS-MOHL, Stephan. Žurnalistika :komplexní průvodce praktickou žurnalistikou. Translated by Hana Bakičová. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005. 292 s., [2. ISBN 80-247-0158-8. info
• STOVALL, James Glen. Web journalism :practice and promise of a new medium. Boston: Pearson Education, 2004. xv, 239 s. ISBN 0-205-35398-3. info
• TELLIS, Gerard J. Reklama a podpora prodeje. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2000. 602 s. ISBN 80-7169-997-7. info
• TUŠER, Andrej. Ako sa robia noviny. 2., upr. vyd. Bratislava: SOFA, 2003. 163 s. ISBN 80-89033-26-1. info
• TUŠER, Andrej and Mária FOLLRICHOVÁ. Teória a prax novinárskych žánrov. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2001. 106 s. ISBN 80-223-1555-9. info
• VEĽAS, Štefan. Teória a prax novinárskych žánrov. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2000. 66 s. ISBN 80-223-1493-5. info
• VYSEKALOVÁ, Jitka and Jiří MIKEŠ. Reklama :jak dělat reklamu. Praha: Grada, 2003. 122 s. ISBN 80-247-0557-5. info

Assessment methods

Practical daily work in the selected news editorial boards (newspapers, radio or TV channels, or the Internet) with the daily operation, daily news outputs, and an editorial team, or in studios oriented on processing audiovisual outputs (e.g. post-production), and advertising agencies working with visual means of expression. It is also possible to complete the internship as a web editor for web portals, etc. The internship may be completed both in the Czech Republic and abroad. The internship lasts for 12 weeks (usually 8 hours per working day) in the periods determined by or agreed by the lecturer – there are three possible terms: spring, summer (students perform the internship during summer holidays, although formally they register the course in the autumn semester), and autumn. The internship also includes individual consultations. The course may be successfully completed only by those students who submit a sufficient amount of published materials (both quality and quantity are assessed) or who are otherwise able to substantiate their work performed for the selected institution and submit the guarantor's evaluation (e.g. editor-in-chief or head of department), in which the student's work will be considered at least as satisfactory. Another prerequisite for a successful completion of the course is participating in the seminar ZUR 314 (introductory seminar, mid-course seminar, and final seminar; for more details, see the syllabus of the ZUR 314 course). The internship may be recognised (in part or wholly) to those students who work or worked (not more than 5 years ago) for media in the extent corresponding to the above mentioned internship conditions.

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Podmínkou zápisu je absolvování všech povinných kurzů (A kredity) specializace Žurnalistika a zapsání povinně volitelného předmětu ZUR314 Seminář k žurnalistické praxi.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: redakce.
Information on course enrollment limitations: Tento předmět si zapisují jen studenti/ky specializace Žurnalistika (ZUR) počínaje imatrikulačním ročníkem 2004/2005 a studenti specializace Digitální média (DIG) počínaje imatrikulačním ročníkem 2008/2009.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• ZUR294 Editing practice
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Teacher's information

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V době výuky kurzu budou ve studijních materiálech v IS zveřejňovány všechny důležité doplňující informace a podklady související s kurzem (jeho začátkem, průběhem a ukončením). During the course, all the important additional information and documents associated with the course (its beginning, organisation and completion) are to be published in the study materials folder in the Information System (IS). Za škody na zdraví a majetku v době praxe nenese odpovědnost MU, potažmo FSS. V případě zájmu o pojištění je nezbytné se pojistit individuálně. Pro případ poškození zdraví praktikanta je možné využít individuálního úrazového pojištění. Škody na majetku a zdraví druhých osob je možné pokrýt z pojištění odpovědnosti za škody způsobené v občanském životě, což je volitelné připojištění k pojištění domácnosti (vztahuje se na členy rodiny i mimo domácnost).

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014.

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