Class Television Journalism

This curricular unit aims to enable students to do journalism on television. They learn the characteristics of television language and how to use different journalistic genres. They gain skills to work as a team and combine the word with the power of the image without being redundant. Students get to know how a newsroom works, and how a newscast is produced. They make edited reports and simulate live broadcasts abroad and in the studio. The classes allow simulating an environment that reproduces professional routines, from the idea for the report to editing and presenting the news. It is also stimulated the debate and the critical spirit about the work carried out in the classrooms, as well as in the national and international television context.

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Introduction to television writing: writing for images; the importance of sound; the grammar of the moving images. Teamwork: journalists, camaramen, image editors, producers, directors, anchors/presenters. Reporting: work preparation process in the newsroom; story approach angle; the reporter on the field. Live television: justification, utility and trivialization. The interview: preparation of the questionnaire; knowledge of the interviewee, cutting plans for the editing process. When there are no "images": live, graphic and archive resources. News from international agencies: elaboration of news from feeds.

The subject taught is followed by practical work following the operating principle of a newsroom in routines close to those used by television journalists. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION - Interest and in-person participation in classes and evolution throughout the semester (15% in the final grade) - 2 assignments to be carried out outside class hours (one individual and one group) + 5 assignments to be carried out during class hours, in scheduled dates (35% weight) - Television report on a free topic, to be presented until midnight on May 20, 2024 (50% weight). In specific cases, it is possible to carry out appeal tests, by agreement teacher-student-Course Director. The use of AI tools is not permitted, except in specific cases previously discussed with the teacher. Its use may lead to the cancellation of the work assessment (UL joint order no. 76/2032). Access and learning on inovative technological materials in the area is granted.

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