ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marek Osouch (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Klára Šimečková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Vodáková (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Waschková Císařová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Thu 22. 2. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 29. 2. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 7. 3. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 14. 3. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 28. 3. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 4. 4. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 11. 4. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 18. 4. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Šenkýř
ZURb1106/03: Wed 12:00–13:40 PC54, M. Malá
ZURb1106/04: Thu 12:00–13:40 PC54, R. Burgr
ZURb1106/05: Thu 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Osouch - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 68/75, only registered: 3/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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.
- Content of the seminar: 1. Search and selection of topics. Exercises. 2. News headlines and opening. Selection of information from the agency service. Exercises. 3. Short report I. Exercise. 4. Short report II. Exercise and test. 5. Expanded report from ČTK and other sources I. Exercise. 6. News in audiovisual media (television). Exercises. 7. News in audiovisual media (radio). Exercises. 8. Extended report from ČTK and other sources II. Test. 9. Extended report from press conference (or court hearing) and other sources I. Exercise. 10. Expanded report from press conference (or court hearing) and other sources II. Test. 11. News feature I. Exercise. 12. News feature II. Test. 13. News interview. Test. At each seminar, there is also a student presentation of the news profile of the selected media or the use of a specific genre in the selected media.
- Literature
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- 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
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marek Osouch (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Vodáková (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/75, only registered: 0/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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.
- Content of the seminar: 1. Search and selection of topics. Exercises. 2. News headlines and opening. Selection of information from the agency service. Exercises. 3. Short report I. Exercise. 4. Short report II. Exercise and test. 5. Expanded report from ČTK and other sources I. Exercise. 6. News in audiovisual media (television). Exercises. 7. News in audiovisual media (radio). Exercises. 8. Extended report from ČTK and other sources II. Test. 9. Extended report from press conference (or court hearing) and other sources I. Exercise. 10. Expanded report from press conference (or court hearing) and other sources II. Test. 11. News feature I. Exercise. 12. News feature II. Test. 13. News interview. Test. At each seminar, there is also a student presentation of the news profile of the selected media or the use of a specific genre in the selected media.
- Literature
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Klára Šimečková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Vodáková (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 70 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/70, only registered: 0/70 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 35 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- SLANČOVÁ, Daniela, Jozef MERGEŠ, Jana KLINGOVÁ a Jana KIČURA SOKOLOVÁ. Úvod do štúdia žurnalistických žánrov v tlačových médiách. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2021. Opera Linguistica. ISBN 9788055528922.
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marek Osouch (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Vodáková (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Tue 19. 9. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 26. 9. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 3. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 10. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 17. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 24. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 31. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 7. 11. 12:00–13:40 AVC
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Šenkýř
ZURb1106/03: Wed 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Malá
ZURb1106/04: Thu 10:00–11:40 PC54, J. Čuřík
ZURb1106/05: Thu 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Osouch - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 63/75, only registered: 3/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 35 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- SLANČOVÁ, Daniela, Jozef MERGEŠ, Jana KLINGOVÁ a Jana KIČURA SOKOLOVÁ. Úvod do štúdia žurnalistických žánrov v tlačových médiách. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2021. Opera Linguistica. ISBN 9788055528922.
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Ševčík (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Vodáková (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Waschková Císařová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Thu 16. 2. 14:00–15:40 P24a, Thu 23. 2. 14:00–15:40 P24a, Thu 2. 3. 14:00–15:40 P24a, Thu 9. 3. 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 16. 3. 14:00–15:40 P24a, Thu 23. 3. 14:00–15:40 P24a, Thu 30. 3. 14:00–15:40 P24a
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Šenkýř
ZURb1106/03: Wed 12:00–13:40 PC54, L. Waschková Císařová
ZURb1106/04: Wed 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Malá
ZURb1106/05: Thu 10:00–11:40 PC54, J. Čuřík
ZURb1106/06: Thu 12:00–13:40 PC26, J. Ševčík - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 74/90, only registered: 2/90 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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.
- Content of the seminar: 1. Search and selection of topics. Exercises. 2. News headlines and opening. Selection of information from the agency service. Exercises. 3. Short report I. Exercise. 4. Short report II. Exercise and test. 5. Expanded report from ČTK and other sources I. Exercise. 6. News in audiovisual media (television). Exercises. 7. News in audiovisual media (radio). Exercises. 8. Extended report from ČTK and other sources II. Test. 9. Extended report from press conference (or court hearing) and other sources I. Exercise. 10. Expanded report from press conference (or court hearing) and other sources II. Test. 11. News feature I. Exercise. 12. News feature II. Test. 13. News interview. Test. At each seminar, there is also a student presentation of the news profile of the selected media or the use of a specific genre in the selected media.
- Literature
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- 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
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Vodáková (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Waschková Císařová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Tue 13. 9. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 20. 9. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 27. 9. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 4. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 11. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 18. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC, Tue 25. 10. 12:00–13:40 AVC
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 16:00–17:40 PC54, J. Čuřík
ZURb1106/03: Wed 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Malá
ZURb1106/04: Thu 10:00–11:40 PC54, J. Čuřík
ZURb1106/05: Thu 12:00–13:40 PC54, R. Burgr - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 60/75, only registered: 1/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 35 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- SLANČOVÁ, Daniela, Jozef MERGEŠ, Jana KLINGOVÁ a Jana KIČURA SOKOLOVÁ. Úvod do štúdia žurnalistických žánrov v tlačových médiách. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2021. Opera Linguistica. ISBN 9788055528922.
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Barbora Telferová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Vodáková (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Waschková Císařová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Thu 17. 2. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Thu 24. 2. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Thu 3. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Thu 10. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Thu 17. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Thu 24. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 16:00–17:40 PC54, J. Čuřík
ZURb1106/03: Mon 16:00–17:40 PC54, R. Burgr
ZURb1106/04: Thu 12:00–13:40 PC54, M. Malá
ZURb1106/05: Tue 10:00–11:40 PC54, L. Waschková Císařová - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 53/75, only registered: 1/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- 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
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Albrecht (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavel Gejdoš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Kolariková Skálová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Kučerák (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Ševčík (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radovan Plášek (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 13. 9. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 20. 9. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 27. 9. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 4. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 11. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 18. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 25. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 16:00–17:40 PC54, P. Gejdoš
ZURb1106/03: Wed 16:00–17:40 PC54, V. Kolariková Skálová
ZURb1106/04: Thu 12:00–13:40 PC54, J. Ševčík
ZURb1106/05: Thu 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Šenkýř - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 19/75, only registered: 0/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 35 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Albrecht (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavel Gejdoš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Kolariková Skálová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Kučerák (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Ševčík (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 1. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 8. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 15. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 22. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 29. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 12. 4. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 19. 4. 14:00–15:40 AVC
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 16:00–17:40 PC54, P. Gejdoš
ZURb1106/03: Wed 16:00–17:40 PC54, V. Kolariková Skálová
ZURb1106/04: Thu 12:00–13:40 PC54, J. Ševčík
ZURb1106/05: Thu 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Šenkýř - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! ZUR130 Introduction to news reporting &&( ZUR105 Introduction to news reporting ||( ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work ))
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 19/75, only registered: 1/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- 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
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught partially online. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Albrecht (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavel Gejdoš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Kolariková Skálová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Kučerák (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Ševčík (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 5. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 12. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 19. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 26. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 2. 11. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 9. 11. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Mon 16. 11. 14:00–15:40 AVC
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 16:00–17:40 PC54, P. Gejdoš
ZURb1106/03: Wed 16:00–17:40 PC54, V. Kolariková Skálová
ZURb1106/04: Thu 12:00–13:40 PC54, J. Ševčík
ZURb1106/05: Thu 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Šenkýř - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( ZURb1101 Journalism || ZUR105 Introduction to news reporting )&& ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
- 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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/60, only registered: 0/60 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 35 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- 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
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Albrecht (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavel Gejdoš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Kolariková Skálová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Kučerák (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Ševčík (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Tue 18. 2. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Tue 25. 2. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Tue 3. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Tue 10. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Tue 17. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Tue 24. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Tue 31. 3. 14:00–15:40 AVC
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 16:00–17:40 PC54, P. Gejdoš
ZURb1106/03: Wed 16:00–17:40 PC54, V. Kolariková Skálová
ZURb1106/04: Thu 20. 2. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 27. 2. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 5. 3. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 12. 3. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 19. 3. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 26. 3. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 2. 4. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 9. 4. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 23. 4. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 30. 4. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 7. 5. 12:00–13:40 PC54, Thu 14. 5. 12:00–13:40 PC54, J. Ševčík
ZURb1106/05: Thu 20. 2. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 27. 2. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 5. 3. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 12. 3. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 19. 3. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 26. 3. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 2. 4. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 9. 4. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 23. 4. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 30. 4. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 7. 5. 18:00–19:40 PC54, Thu 14. 5. 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Šenkýř - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! ZUR130 Introduction to news reporting &&! NOW ( ZUR130 Introduction to news reporting )&&( ZUR105 Introduction to news reporting ||( ZURb1101 Journalism && ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work ))
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/75, only registered: 0/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Media Studies and Journalism (programme FSS, B-MSZU) (5)
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover 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
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
ZURb1106 News writing
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Gejdoš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Kolariková Skálová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Kučerák (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Miloš Šenkýř (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Ševčík (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Samuel Prílepok (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 16. 9. 8:00–9:40 AVC, Mon 23. 9. 8:00–9:40 AVC, Mon 30. 9. 8:00–9:40 AVC, Mon 7. 10. 8:00–9:40 AVC, Mon 14. 10. 8:00–9:40 AVC, Mon 21. 10. 8:00–9:40 AVC, Mon 4. 11. 8:00–9:40 AVC
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ZURb1106/02: Tue 16:00–17:40 PC54, P. Gejdoš
ZURb1106/03: Wed 16:00–17:40 PC54, V. Kolariková Skálová
ZURb1106/04: Thu 12:00–13:40 PC54, J. Ševčík
ZURb1106/05: Thu 18:00–19:40 PC54, M. Šenkýř - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! ZUR130 Introduction to news reporting &&! NOW ( ZUR130 Introduction to news reporting )&&( ZURb1101 Journalism || 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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/60, only registered: 0/60 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Media Studies and Journalism (programme FSS, B-MSZU) (5)
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information about news writing. In particular, the course aims to familiarise students with basic news genres both theoretically and practically, to teach them how to work with sources, and to familiarise them with the essential rules of editing journalistic texts written by other authors, as well as news agencies. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge of contemporary news writing and characteristics of different genres, and an overall understanding of the usage of the genres in contemporary (mainly Czech) media. In the course, the students will also gain the knowledge and skills necessary for producing texts on a professional level. The course focuses mainly on most frequently used news genres in contemporary journalism.
- Syllabus
- Basic themes of lectures: 1. Defining the issues of news reporting, basic terms, news genres used in print media, and a short news item. 2. News reporting requirements (objectivity, balance, and impartiality), language of news, crossover of genres, and a news report. 3. Selection of sources and working with them. 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. Working with agency news, exercise. 5. Transcribing agency news, exercise and practical test (transcribing a news items issued by the Czech News Agency). 6. Working with press releases issued by offices, authorities, institutions, and organisations, exercise. 7. Working with the documents obtained at a press conference, exercise and practical test. 8. News feature, exercise. 9. News feature, exercise and practical test. 10. News interview, exercise and practical test. 11. Elements of editing, exercise.
- Literature
- required literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav. Zpravodajské žánry v tištěných a online médiích (News coverage genres in print and online media). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7589-4. URL info
- KASARDA, Martin. Praktická príručka písania pre profesionálov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012, 208 s. ISBN 9788089447688. info
- recommended literature
- ČUŘÍK, Jaroslav, Rudolf BURGR and Martin ŠKOP. Nové trendy v médiích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 239 s. ISBN 9788021058392. URL info
- MENCHER, Melvin. Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, xx, 618. ISBN 9780073511993. info
- OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
- ŠMÍD, Milan and Ludmila TRUNEČKOVÁ. Novinář a jeho zdroje v digitální éře. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 205 s. ISBN 9788024616612. info
- TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Seminars and lectures. Practical journalistic assignments. Simulated practical learning from doing. Mentoring from experts. Creating a media product.
- Assessment methods
- The course may be completed successfully by only those students who submit assignments within deadlines with good quality and pass the final test based on the lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)