ZUR378b Futuroom

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Miroslav Mašek (assistant)
Mgr. Jana Urbanovská, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ZUR105 Introduction to news reporting &&SMER(ZUR)||SMER(DIG)
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course:
acquainting students with the different versions of the technical solution of management in the newsroom
Syllabus
  • The first part of the course initiates students into the topic. IMTC tutor introduces students to the most used management systems in newsrooms of the world's publishing houses.
  • The second part of the course is based both on the presentation of ATEX, the world's largest supplier of CMS, both on the presentation of a professional lecturer about Open Source and traditional solutions.
  • The third part of the course is a practical course in IMTC newsroom led by lecturers and foreign experts. Students will work with the latest test editorial systems, they learn to control the Open Source systems.
Literature
  • STEPP, Carl Sessions. Editing for today's newsroom : a guide for success in a changing profession. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2008, xiii, 233. ISBN 9780805862188. info
  • RUSSIAL, John. Strategic copy editing. New York: Guilford Press, 2004, viii, 280. ISBN 1572309261. info
  • MACKENZIE, Janet. The editor's companion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xii, 219. ISBN 9780521605694. URL info
Assessment methods
Credit: Students will create their own newspaper / webpage with the modern CMS system, in the traditional way and by using Open Source solutions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Kurz se uskuteční v multimediálním tréninkovém centru Futuroom v Praze. ZUR378a ve dnech 14. – 16. 10., ZUR378b ve dnech 11. – 13. 11. Ubytování a dopravu zajišťuje a hradí katedra.
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