Class Journalistic Writing Techniques

Journalistic Writing Techniques is a theoretical and practical course unit that addresses the specificities of journalistic discourse (Van Dijk, 1988), from the discursive elements of each genre, analysing its foundations, e.g., narrative studies (Seixas, 2009; Peixinho & Araújo, 2017), and observing the particularities of contemporary journalistic writing, especially in the context of the convergence culture from which cybergenres emerge (Díaz-Noci, 2004; Sánchez-García & Salaverría, 2019). Moreover, it is a curricular unit that focuses, in an introductory way, on the whole process of journalistic praxis (Traquina, 2005): from the criteria of newsworthiness, to the intellectual process of the interpretative community of Journalism and its matrix elements (Kovach & Rosenstiel, 2004, 2021). Indeed, starting, first, from expository sessions, students will then be challenged to put it into practice, especially the news, the interview and the reportage at #infomedia.

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1. Narrative studies and journalistic genres (information and opinion) 2. Journalism, Journalist and the news 3. The news story: rules and specificities; criteria for selecting topics 4. Journalistic writing: style, spelling and grammar; 5. Interviews: the foundations 6. Profile: sewing the writing 7. Reporting: the depth of a genre par excellence 8. Narrative journalism 9. New hybrid genres, the Internet and digital social networks

Considering the practical nature of this course, the teaching methodology will be mixed, first going through a theoretical exposition of concepts, followed by practical exercises to be carried out inside and outside the classroom, using the public cyberjournalism platform #infomedia to publish journalistic work. The aim is to rehearse how a newsroom works, allowing students to experience the process and responsibility of journalistic production. In addition and across the board, active methodology is encouraged on the part of the students. Examples: i) online content analysis of journalistic genres to identify discursive elements; ii) presentation of the elements of journalism by group; iii) oral presentation of the journalistic work developed; iv) autoscopy of the difficulties encountered and how they overcame them. In effect, there is a sharing of knowledge among the students, who are stimulated to debate, increasing their sense of criticism and collective solutions.

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