Class Journalistic Composition

This curricular unit aims to function as a theoretical-practical introduction to the practice of journalism, providing a general overview of the contexts (social and organizational) of the profession and the requirements (technical and human) required of professionals. Providing students with a critical perspective on what the media currently conveys and on the reality "told" in it, on the one hand, and providing them with the technical equipment used in the journalistic style, on the other, are the main objectives of this discipline. Observing, researching, analysing, reporting and writing will be the predominant activities throughout the course.

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1 .Journalism and Society. Introduction to the practice of the profession. 1.1 Profession: journalist. Identity and professional framework. The ?fourth power? and contemporary democracy. 1.2 Ethics and deontology in the era of cross-border communication. Social responsibility, protection of sources, confirmation of facts, data crossing, speculation, rumor. 1.3 The journalistic company. Organization and functioning of the newsroom. 1.4 Stages of journalistic activity. Constraints. 2. Values and Journalistic Writing. 2.1. Newsworthiness values and criteria. 2.2. Sources and data. 2.3. Techniques for constructing journalistic texts: observation and research; report, edit and write accurately; narration and description: writing strategies and ?story telling?; opening and closing; inverted pyramid; editing: review, leads, titles, subtitles, highlights and subtitles. 2.4. Journalistic genres. The news. The interview. The report. The profile. Chronicle and editorial.

Active teaching-learning methodologies will be used, such as the flipped classroom among others, centered on the learner. Practical lessons will emulate a newsroom, in which students will conduct journalistic discourse writing, by applying knowledge acquired from writing techniques, genres, languages, ¿¿research and information elaboration methodologies. Individual work to be presented at the end of the semester will be accompanied by the teacher from the beginning to the end of its elaboration in order that the exercise, more than a moment of assessment, constitutes a means of approaching journalistic work on the ground. The teacher takes a function of general coordination, distribution, follow-up, and correction of texts, personally tracking work development.

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