Course Name | Reporting |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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NMC 207 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionGroup WorkProblem SolvingQ&ACritical feedbackLecture / Presentation | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | Course aims to introduce students into the realm of reporting, from different aspects. On one hand, we will look at the meaning, function, and ethics of present and future reporting in the form of journalism, as a major element of functioning democracies. On the other hand, characteristics, culture and routine practices of journalism, as a profession, will be handled. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | By the end of the course, students will be acquainted with the nature and essentials of reporting practice within diverse media institutions, including newspapers, TV and radio stations, particularly their online channels. As an introductory course to reporting, it will include lectures and classroom discussions of news story structure, the nature of news, interviewing techniques. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Presentation of the Course: Reporting, News and Journalism | |
2 | Introduction to Journalism: Who, what, where, when, why and how? | Handout #1 |
3 | News and Society | Pages 1-20 |
4 | The culture of Journalism | Pages 22-40 |
5 | Reporter’s roles & responsibilities (Accuracy, fairness and objectivity etc.) | Handout # 2 |
6 | Platforms of Reporting: Newspapers, TV/Radio, online | Pages 56-73, 100-114, 116-134 |
7 | Midterm | |
8 | Newswriting Basics | Rich (35-59) |
9 | Finding news stories | Rich (71-87) |
10 | Interviewing | Rich (107-131) |
11 | Reporting Basics | Rich (131--107) |
12 | Constructing stories | Will be announced. |
13 | Reporting for different media | Rich (223-269) |
14 | Present and future of Reporting: (Media convergence, Online news cycle, Citizen journalism, Fact-checking) | Rich (59-71) more will be announced. |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Final exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | ● Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method |
Suggested Readings/Materials | The News Media: What Everyone Needs to Know By C.W. Anderson, Leonard Downie Jr, Michael Schudson |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 20 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 2 | 20 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 30 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 2 | 10 | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 25 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
Final Exams | |||
Total | 178 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | |||||
2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | |||||
6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | |||||
9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | |||||
10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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