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NEWS GATHERING AND WRITING TECHNIQUES COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
THY215 NEWS GATHERING AND WRITING TECHNIQUES 3 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - What is news? Historical Development of News Lecture & Discussion
2 Reading News Gathering Processes Lecture & Discussion
3 Reading Defining News language and production process Lecture & Discussion
4 Reading Components of News Lecture & Discussion
5 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review News Sources (Primary, Secondary sources and other sources) Lecture & Discussion
6 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review 5WS1H Rule and News Writing Techniques (Inverted Pyramid Technique, Simple Pyramid Technique) Lecture & Discussion Demonstration and Practice
7 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review 5WS1H Rule and News Writing Techniques (Quad or Square Technique, Combining Inverted Pyramid Technique with Square Technique) Lecture & Discussion Demonstration and Practice
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review Types of News (special news and research methods for special news) Lecture & Discussion Demonstration and Practice
10 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review Using News language and Speech Types in News Language (Indirect of Direct Speech) Lecture & Discussion
11 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review Producing an effect in News writing (Sentence formation, verbs and consistency check) Lecture & Discussion Demonstration and Practice
12 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review Interview and Conversation Techniques Individual Study
13 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review Using photographs in News – News in Examples Lecture & Discussion
14 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review Radio and Television Journalism (news bulletin and preparation of it) Individual Study
15 Reading & Visual and Written Literature Review News writing for several medias (Internet, Magazine, Meeting, Economy, Culture and Art, Health, Security and Justice, Magazine Journalism) Lecture & Discussion Demonstration and Practice, Individual Study
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -