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This is a course in basic journalism skills, designed for the many people who are now taking advantage of new media to publish news, views and information. For five hundred years, the privilege of being able to publish was enjoyed by very few people – those who had access to a printing press or a radio microphone or a television camera. Now, almost anyone can publish to the world within minutes of being able to do so. But is it journalism?

How does a citizen journalist find things out, so they can report facts and news - moving beyond merely braying opinion? And what are the legal and ethical pitfalls to publishing facts that some people might prefer remain secret?

Over six weeks, this course teaches the basics of news writing, how to interview people to gain crucial information, how to develop and manage your sources and how to use your legal rights to access public information - and stay on the right side of the law when you publish. We discuss the ethics behind journalism practice, and conduct a mock investigation into local government. This course aims to empower engaged citizens to better participate in the news ecology.

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Неделя

1

4 ч. на завершение

What is a Journalist, and What is News?

This week we will discuss what journalism is, what journalists do, and how this has been affected over time by technology. We'll think about the exciting changes of our own time – the first in human history when the means of publication are in everyone's hands. We will then talk about the principles of news writing, and the nature of news. Finally, we will introduce Newstown, a fictitious place in Victoria, Australia. We also attend a news conference held in the Newstown Council Chambers. We will be using Newstown as the basis of our skills based exercises in this MOOC, so please take the time to become familiar with the town and its issues by following the link to Newstown in the course resources.

7 видео ((всего 64 мин.)), 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 3 тестов

7 видео

Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens - overview3мин

Course introduction5мин

1.1 What is a journalist? Part A12мин

1.2 What is a journalist? Part B14мин

1.3 Principles of good news writing15мин

1.4 What is news?8мин

1.5 Newstown media conference4мин

3 материала для самостоятельного изучения

Welcome to Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens10мин

Week 1 outline10мин

Start of course survey10мин

2 практического упражнения

Week 1 Newstown quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade10мин

Active or passive sentences quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade2мин

Неделя

2

3 ч. на завершение

Attribution, Verification and the Structure of News Writing

This week we discuss some more core skills of journalism, particularly the very important concepts of attribution of information, and verification. We explore the structure of news writing in some more detail. Finally, make sure you take a close look at the Newstown site, and keep looking at it from now on as the course develops. Some new information has been posted that you will need to use in this week's first assessable news writing exercise.

4 видео ((всего 31 мин.)), 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов

4 видео

2.1 Introduction and recap 1мин

2.2 Verification6мин

2.3 Attribution10мин

2.4 News story structure12мин

1 материал для самостоятельного изучения

Week 2 outline10мин

1 практическое упражнение

Week 2 Newstown quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade10мин

Неделя

3

1 ч. на завершение

Finding Things Out: Places, Paper and People

This week we discuss some more core skills of journalism, particularly the very important concepts of attribution of information, and verification. We explore the structure of news writing in some more detail. Finally, make sure you take a close look at the Newstown site, and keep looking at it from now on as the course develops. Some new information has been posted that you will need to use in this week's first assessable news writing exercise.

6 видео ((всего 49 мин.)), 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тест

6 видео

3.1 Finding things out10мин

3.2 Finding things out: More about places and paper4мин

3.3 Freedom of Information14мин

3.4 Finding things out: People – interviews5мин

3.5 Deception and consent12мин

3.6 Summary and learning activity 51

1 материал для самостоятельного изучения

Week 3 outline10мин

1 практическое упражнение

Week 3 ‘Finding things out’ quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade8мин

Неделя

4

6 ч. на завершение

More on Interviews

This week we delve further into the art of interviewing, and watch and discuss some good and bad examples involving the key characters in Newstown.

12 видео ((всего 96 мин.)), 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов

12 видео

4.1 Finding things out: Interviews12мин

4.2 Dealing with traumatised people13мин

4.3 Interview with the Mayor – a bad example 3мин

4.4 Interview with the Mayor – a good example11мин

4.5 Interview with the Developer – a bad example8мин

4.6 Interview with the Developer – a good example19мин

4.7 Interview with a Wildfire Victim – a bad example 1мин

4.8 Interview with a Wildfire Victim – a good example 4мин

4.9 Interview with a Conservationist – a bad example3мин

4.10 Interview with a Conservationist – a good example11мин

4.11 Telephone interview – a bad example 1мин

4.12 Telephone interview – a good example 5мин

1 материал для самостоятельного изучения

Week 4 outline10мин

1 практическое упражнение

Week 4 quiz - Open and closed questions - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade20мин

Неделя

5

6 ч. на завершение

Contacts and Confidential Sources; Applying the Skills and Organising Your Material

This week we explore the complications of dealing with off the record sources and long term contacts. We watch an encounter with a Newstown 'Deep Throat' and discuss how to handle the encounter and the information offered. Remember to check out the Newstown website for more information becoming available. We begin to pull all the threads of the Newstown story together, and apply the skills we have learned in the earlier modules of this course. We talk about how to read and analyse the public documents on the Newstown site, how to organise material, what questions to ask based on this material, and how to pull it all together into a story for The Alternative. We also provide you with an exemplar news report to give you some guidance for the final news writing assessment and how it might be done.

4 видео ((всего 36 мин.)), 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов

4 видео

5.1 Sources and confidentiality18мин

5.2 Social media and interview with 'Deep Throat'4мин

6.1 Organising material7мин

6.2 The public interest5мин

1 материал для самостоятельного изучения

Week 5 Outline10мин

1 практическое упражнение

Week 5 Newstown quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade14мин

Неделя

6

2 ч. на завершение

Media Law and Impartiality; Wrapping Up the Course

This week we concentrate on two aspects of media law – defamation and contempt, and we consider the meaning of journalistic impartiality. We wrap up the course by revisiting the key principles of journalism and what we have learned. We also have a few things to say about the public nature of journalism, and how bruising that can be.

5 видео ((всего 71 мин.)), 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тест

5 видео

7.1 Impartiality4мин

7.2 Defamation – Part A16мин

7.3 Defamation – Part B14мин

7.4 The law of contempt13мин

8.1 Closing remarks and wrap-up21мин

2 материала для самостоятельного изучения

Week 6 Outline10мин

End of course survey10мин

1 практическое упражнение

Week 6 quiz - Media law - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade10мин

Преподаватели

Dr. Denis Muller

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Advancing Journalism

Dr. Margaret Simons

Associate Professor and Director

Centre for Advancing Journalism

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