At the end of this course, the students; 1) Describe the professional terminology regarding the field of journalism and know the current debates about it. 2) Explain the process of news gathering and production. 3) Gain experience as doing practices of journalists.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
The aim of this course is to give students basic information about the journalism, news gathering and production process, and to enable them to perform news gathering/writing practices using this information.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
The concepts of news, news values, elements of the news
2nd Week
The process of news gathering, and news sources
3rd Week
The process of news production
4th Week
The process of news writing: the structure of the news and time in the news
5th Week
Basic rules of news writing
6th Week
The technique of inverted pyramid, and applied news writing
7th Week
The technique of inverted pyramid, and applied news writing
8th Week
Mıd-Term week
9th Week
The technique of straight pyramid, and applied news writing
10th Week
The technique of square, and applied news writing
11th Week
Unite the techniques of inverted pyramid and square, and applied news writing
12th Week
The technique of free writing, and applied news writing
13th Week
Applied news writing
14th Week
Applied news writing
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Girgin, A. ve Özay, S. (2013). Haber Yazmak, İstanbul: Der Yayınları. Bülbül, R. (2001). Haberin Anatomisi ve Temel Yaklaşımlar, Ankara: Nobel Yayınları. Anadolu Ajansı (2018). Muhabir: Habercinin El Kitabı, Ankara: Anadolu Ajansı Yayınları. Tokgöz, O. (2015). Temel Gazetecilik, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi. Alankuş, S. (Der). (2003). Gazetecilik ve Habercilik. İstanbul: IPS Vakfı Yayınları.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
40
Assignment
1
10
Total(%)
50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
50
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
1
1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
3
5
15
Preparation for Final exam
1
35
35
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
15
15
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
1
1
Homework
3
5
15
Performance Practice
8
3
24
Total Workload
148
Total Workload / 30
4,93
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
