Class Radio Journalism

In addition to providing a set of knowledge about the evolution of the radio environment, analyzing its characteristics and specificities, the study of radio language is privileged, especially in news editing, interview and reporting, without forgetting the importance of diction and specific speech associated with this communication territory. A great deal of importance is also given to sound techniques. 

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Specific features of the Radio medium, compared to others; the future of the Radio; radio communication characteristics; radio language: radio language/speech aesthetics, news editing (text rigor; textnenunciation; building techniques of journalistic and on journalistic text) and news (selection criteria and hierarchy; techniques for launches and footers); report on Radio (preparation, implementation and language); interview on Radio (preparation, implementation and language), other journalistic genres in Radio (debate, chronicle, etc.); improvisational techniques; mastery of voice recording and the editing of sounds; the creation of jingles; the sound design of a chronicle and a short story..

The professors presents the material, often supported by examples (written or otherwise) produced by radio professionals, and directs/fixes students individual works with the purpose of microphone reading performance. Students record the work they prepared, with immediate correction by the professors (content and communicative attitude/ spirit). The professors may ask students to work (text and/or recordings) outside the classroom. The assessment takes for granted the rules concerning attendance to classes determined by the school, the continuous assessment scheme, but distinguishes higher or lower attendance and quality of work for pupils in classes (30%+10% of the final grade), and involves a final work with news editing and/or reporting (60% of the final grade). In the final shared assessment, the weight of the grade given by the responsible professor is 70%.

MENESES, João Paulo - Tudo o que se passa na TSF... para um "livro de estilo" . Porto : Jornal de Notícias, 2003. 325 p. 972-9391-34-4