Journalism on Culture

Objectives

Cultural journalism applies to a vast and heterogeneous field, due, primarily, to the difficulty in defining the word «culture». Its characterization is not, today, dissociable from the context of cultural industries and creative industries, as well as from new technologies, which require a redefinition and expansion of cultural journalism and new skills for journalists. The objective of this seminar is to provide students with knowledge, techniques and resources specific to cultural journalism that will allow them to create journalistic pieces for different platforms, innovative in structure and original in themes.

General characterization

Code

02100099

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Dora dos Santos Silva

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

a) McLeese, Don (2010). The New York Times Reader: Arts & Culture. CQ Press
b) Santos Silva, D. (2021). Innovation in European Journalism - The Case of Cultural Journalism. Coleção ICNOVA.
c) Williams, G. (2014). How to write about contemporary art. London: Thames & Hudson

É privilegiada a bibliografia dada no contínuo das sessões, incluindo peças jornalísticas

Teaching method

Expositive with presenting examples and analyzing journalistic pieces; laboratory, with work in class.

Evaluation method

News piece: 20%

Review/ Critique: 40%

report pieceor profile: 40%

Exam/upgrade season: June 30th

- improvement of the report or profile (70%)

- a new news piece (30%

Subject matter

Part 1 – Introduction to cultural journalism (2 sessions)

Concept and breadth: an evolution that accompanied the culture

Levels of specialization: coverage of culture in general information, supplements, and specialized projects

Concepts and editorial alignments

Current affairs coverage vs. feature journalism

Journalistic genres and formats

Innovation in cultural journalism

Part 2 – Techniques and Practices I (5 sessions)

The news and previews in culture (visual arts, performing arts, and creative economy)

Critique and review in culture (cinema and literature)

Part 2 – Techniques and Practices II (7 sessions)

Reporting in Culture

The culture interview

Other formats

Programs

Programs where the course is taught:

Postgraduate in Communication of Culture and Creative Industries