Class Journalistic Genres

This course discusses the concept of journalistic genre, comparing theoretical proposals with the configurations introduced by newsroom practices. The main journalistic genres of information and opinion are typified and a third classification - hybrids - is introduced. Cases from the Portuguese paper and digital press (daily newspapers, weeklies and newsmagazines) are also studied.

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I.  The Concept of Journalistic Genre: between theory and practice 1. The Journalistic Title 1.1. Definition 1.2. Formal, imagery and content characteristics 1.3. Classification 1.4. The importance of the journalistic piece and its relationship with the different journalistic genres 2. The treatment of journalistic genres according to publications 2.1. The case of newsmagazines 3. Analysis parameters of journalistic genres 3.1. Text 3.2. the place of the image II. Journalistic Genres: a classification proposal 1. Journalistic Information Genres 1.1. The Brief; 1.2. The news; 1.3. The interview; 1.4. The profile; 1.5. The report. 2. Opinion Journalistic Genres 2.1. The Editorial; 2.2. The Opinion Article; 2.3. The ticket; 2.4. The critic. 3. Hybrid Journalistic Genres 3.1. The Chronicle; 3.2. The Analysis Article; 3.3. The Dossier.

Creation and production of a newsmagazine, through a transversal project with the curricular units Digital Image Computing and Photojournalism.

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