Class Journalism Seminar

The study plan for this degree includes several course units that prepare students for tasks in different media. In the Journalism Seminar curricular unit, students learn to combine knowledge acquired across the board and deepen the connection between academic learning and the possible pursuit of studies or the job market.

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Two thirds of the classes will be dedicated to the so-called "objectivity in journalism", having as a starting point a topical topic that divides opinions (this semester the choice fell on the "bull fighting"). Students have to do journalistic research on different positions related to the topic; and challenge guests with radically different opinions; all to, in the end, produce non-opinionated informative content. In the last third of the classes, students study the labor market or evaluate the advantage of pursuing an academic path.  

.The teacher prepares students to write news stories and make interviews, bringing guests into the classroom. The assessment takes the rules on class attendance imposed by the school as a given, under the continuous assessment system, but distinguishes between greater or lesser attendance and the completion of the requested works, also taking into account the individual progress of the students (30%+15%=45% of the final grade); and requires two individual and group works (40%+15%=55% of the final grade), both of which are mandatory.

TRAQUINA, Nelson ¿ O Que é Jornalismo. Quimera. 2002.