Basic skills in Journalism and research methods course schedules
Date Vol. 1 Introduction to Community Journalism Vol. 2 Basic Skills in Journalism
Week 1 Course introduction

Assignment: Please write a short essay about yourself. Address the following questions.

Do you read newspapers? Magazines? Other publications?

Do you watch  TV? Listen to radio?

What  information/programs or stories  do you like to read about? Or watch on TV?

Do you sometimes access the Internet?

Give a summary of some of the stories you recently read in  a newspaper, magazines, other publications or the Internet.

send me your assignment by email

 Lecture:

  1. Course syllabus.

  2. Introduction to webCT

Assignment: Please write a short essay about yourself. Address the following questions.

Do you read newspapers? Magazines? Other publications?

Do you watch  TV? Listen to radio?

What  information/programs or stories  do you like to read about? Or watch on TV?

Do you sometimes access the Internet?

Give a summary of some of the stories you recently read in  a newspaper, magazines, other publications or the Internet.

send me your assignment by email
 

1.    What This Course Is About.

2. An Overview Of The Africa Mass Media

3. The Pre-Independence Media

4. The Mass Media Today.

5. Some Theoretical Issues In Journalism And Communication

6. Introduction To The Information Society And The Information And Communication Technologies

7.  The Societal Roles Of The Mass Media

8. Theories Of The Mass Media

9. International Declarations On The Roles Of The Mass Media

 

 Activity:

  1. Log onto webCT

  2. Send me an email

  3. Take a quiz
Week2 Lecture: 1:

  1. Journalism in Africa in today

  2. Introduction to professional writing

  3. Objectivity, Fairness and Accuracy

  4. Legal and ethical issues
  Activity: Take spelling test
Week3 Lecture:
  1. Grammar: Use of nouns, verbs, and punctuation in professional writing

  2. Style: Focus on use of abbreviation, titles, etc. in professional writing
  Activity:

  1. Practice writing paying attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation and style
Week4 Lecture:

  1. News basics: What is News?

  2. Elements of news

  3. Leads. What is a lead?
  Activity:
  1. Practice writing leads
Week5 Lecture:

  1. Sources of news

  2. Writing full length stories
  Activity:

  1. News writing assignments.

  2. Will focus on health, politics, education and development
Week6   Lecture:
  1. Writing full length stories
    Activity:

  1. News writing assignments.

  2. Will focus on health, politics, education and development

    3.
Week7   Lecture:

  1. Writing for Broadcasting

  2. How to write a news script for radio and television
    Activity:
  1. Broadcasting assignments
Week8   Lecture:

  1. Writing for Broadcasting

  2. How to write a news script for radio and television
    Activity:
  1. Broadcasting assignments
Week9   Lecture:

  1. Writing a feature.

  2. How to develop a topic, gather information and write a feature

 
    Activity:
  1. Feature assignment
Week10   Lecture:

  1. Writing a feature.

  2. How to develop a topic, gather information and write a feature

    3.
    Activity: Final assignments
   

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