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News and Interview Laboratory

Objectives

a) To recognize what is news, mobilizing news values; to capture the most important information; select and rank the information; to structure and link information in a coherent way;
b) To be able to proceed with the collection, verification and selection of information, through the contact with news sources; identify and propose original approaches to the issues; and tell "stories", with quality of publication in a national, regional or specialized media organization;
b) To be able to plan and conduct interviews, either as a process of gathering information that supports other journalistic genres, or as an individualized journalistic genre, with quality of publication;
d) To be able to adapt news and interviews as journalistic genres to different platforms: written press, radio, television and multimedia, focusing, in particular, in the writing skills for digital journalism.

General characterization

Code

01105183

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Marisa Rodrigues Pinto Torres da Silva

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • AAVV. (2019). Livro de Estilo da Lusa, Lisboa.
  • AAVV. (2005). Livro de Estilo do Público, Lisboa.
  • AAVV. (2008). Reuters Handbook of Journalism, Londres.
  • Adams, S.; Hicks, W. (2009). Interviewing for journalists. Londres/Nova Iorque: Routledge.
  • Bradshaw, P. (2018). The Online Journalism Handbook. Londres: Routledge.
  • Coelho, P.; Reis, A. I.; Bonixe, L. (eds.) (2021). Manual de Reportagem. Covilhã: Labcom.
  • Garcia, R.; Rosa, M. J. V.; Barbosa, L. (2017). Que número é este? Um guia sobre estatísticas para jornalistas. Lisboa: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
  • Kovach, B. e Rosenstiel, T. (2005) Os Elementos do Jornalismo, Porto: Porto Editora.
  • Itule, B.; Anderson, D. (2007) News Writing & Reporting. New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Phillips, A. (2007). Good writing for journalists. Londres: Sage.
  • Raimundo, O. (2005). A entrevista no jornalismo contemporâneo. Coimbra: Minerva.
  • Ricardo, D. (2003). Ainda Bem que me Pergunta. Manual de Escrita Jornalística, Lisboa: Editorial Notícias.

Teaching method

The teaching method is mainly practical.

Evaluation method

Continuous Assessment - A developed news piece with field work and contacts with information sources, with quality for publication (25%), An interview, with quality for publication (35%), Practical exercises (news) done in class (40%)

Subject matter

1. The informative style
2. News: news values; lead; structure; quotations and titles; skills to develop according to different platforms;
3. Finding, planning and developing good stories; the news angle and its relevance; field world and news sources; editing skills
4. The interview as a journalistic genre: planning, angle, process and editing.
5. News and the interview for digital platforms: formats and multimedia edition.