Class Técnicas de Escrita Jornalística

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 into practice, especially the news, the interview and the reportage at #infomedia.

1. The journalist and the news: the fact, the action and the writing;
2. The news: rules and characteristics; criteria for selection the themes;
3. The journalistic genres: Interview - the basis; Profile; Reportage: in depth
4. The hybrid genres, the web and digital social networks
5. Opinion
6. Journalistic writing: style, spelling and grammar; revision

Considering the practical nature of this discipline, the primary teaching methodology will be the theoretical exposition of concepts, followed by practical exercises to be performed inside and outside the classroom, and using the platform for publishing journalistic work #infomedia. The evaluation will be continuous and will include, giving substantial relevance, the practical exercises carried out during the teaching activity, divided by the two teachers: Professor Cláudia Monteiro (50%) and Professor Vanessa Rodrigues (50%).

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