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.

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; text enunciation; building techniques of journalistic and non 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. Sound techniques.

The professor 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 professor (content and communicative attitude/spirit). The professor 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 (40% of the final grade), and involves a final work with news editing and/or reporting and/or sound narrative (60% of the final grade), to be indicated by the teacher.

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