2023/2024
How to Write News Stories in English
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
Institute of Media
When:
3 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Oleg Dmitriev
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The objective of this course is to give students an opportunity to get acquainted with the foundations of writing multimedia texts in English. Special attention will be paid to various types of texts — lead-in, captions, titles, briefs, short TV items (voiceovers), reports, teases for TV and Internet, etc. The students of the course will also have a chanсe to get acquainted with the way the texts are manifested in various multimedia outlets all over the world. During the course the students will also meet jounalists who use Enlish in their everyday work. That will enlarge their scope of knowledge about the profession of the journalist. At the end of the course the students will present final work in the from of a website page or a television report.
Learning Objectives
- Formation of multimedia writing skills in English.
- Learning the writing and editorial values for international media outlets.
- Building multimedia skills of textual and visual storytelling.
- Practicing the elements of a visual storytelling and adjusting them to the new media strategies.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Ability to adapt text for the platforms and means of media communication (texts for TV and radio).
- Ability to follow the editorial guidelines.
- Ability to produce the journalistic texts in English.
- Ability to understand and analyse journalistic text in English.
Course Contents
- Introduction.
- Standards of English language writing at the various international media outlets.
- Writing short news items for web and television.
- Writing intros and headlines for the television.
- Writing packages for television and multimedia.
Assessment Elements
- Work during seminars #1
- Work during seminars #2
- Work during seminars #3
- Work during seminars #4
- Work during seminars #5
- Work during seminars #6
- Final written exam
- Attendance
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 3rd module0.2 * Attendance + 0.2 * Final written exam + 0.1 * Work during seminars #1 + 0.1 * Work during seminars #2 + 0.1 * Work during seminars #3 + 0.1 * Work during seminars #4 + 0.1 * Work during seminars #5 + 0.1 * Work during seminars #6
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Boyer, D. (2013). The Life Informatic : Newsmaking in the Digital Era. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=671369
- Veglis, A., & Siapera, E. (2012). The Handbook of Global Online Journalism. Malden, Mass: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=465413
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Boczkowski, P. J. (2010). News at Work : Imitation in an Age of Information Abundance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=336762
- Cook, V. J. (2004). The English Writing System. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=327739