FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION

Department of New Media and Communication

NMC 207 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Reporting
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
NMC 207
Fall
3
0
3
6

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Group Work
Problem Solving
Q&A
Critical feedback
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives Course aims to introduce students into the realm of reporting, from different aspects. On one hand, we will look at the meaning, function, and ethics of present and future reporting in the form of journalism, as a major element of functioning democracies. On the other hand, characteristics, culture and routine practices of journalism, as a profession, will be handled.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students will be able to discuss nature and essentials of reporting practice
  • Students will be able to identify and discuss the ways reporting takes place within diverse media institutions, including newspapers, TV and radio stations, particularly their online channels.
  • Students will be able to analyze the ways that new technologies shape the reporting practices.
  • Students will be able to discuss the ethical issues involved in reporting.
  • Students will be able implement the basics of news writing based on the news story structure, and interviewing techniques.
Course Description By the end of the course, students will be acquainted with the nature and essentials of reporting practice within diverse media institutions, including newspapers, TV and radio stations, particularly their online channels. As an introductory course to reporting, it will include lectures and classroom discussions of news story structure, the nature of news, interviewing techniques.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Presentation of the Course: Reporting, News and Journalism
2 Introduction to Journalism: Who, what, where, when, why and how? Handout #1
3 News and Society Pages 1-20
4 The culture of Journalism Pages 22-40
5 Reporter’s roles & responsibilities (Accuracy, fairness and objectivity etc.) Handout # 2
6 Platforms of Reporting: Newspapers, TV/Radio, online Pages 56-73, 100-114, 116-134
7 Midterm
8 Newswriting Basics Rich (35-59)
9 Finding news stories Rich (71-87)
10 Interviewing Rich (107-131)
11 Reporting Basics Rich (131--107)
12 Constructing stories Will be announced.
13 Reporting for different media Rich (223-269)
14 Present and future of Reporting: (Media convergence, Online news cycle, Citizen journalism, Fact-checking) Rich (59-71) more will be announced.
15 Review of the Semester
16 Final exam

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

● Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method
(Carole Rich) Wadsworth Publishing, Year: 2009. ISBN:
978-1111344443
● News Writing and Reporting: An Introduction to Skills
and Theory. (Oxford University Press, 2018). Bruce
Gillespie. ISBN: 978-0199021154

Suggested Readings/Materials

The News Media: What Everyone Needs to Know By C.W. Anderson, Leonard Downie Jr, Michael Schudson
Multimedia Reporting: How Digital Tools Can Improve Journalism Storytelling Journalism: Principles and Practice / Tony Harcup, Sage
Publications ISBN 0 7619 7498 9

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
20
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
2
20
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
30
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
5
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
14
5
70
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
2
10
20
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
0
Presentation / Jury
1
25
25
Project
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
15
15
Final Exam
0
    Total
178

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication.

2

To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication.

3

To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes.

X
4

To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution.

X
5

To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice.

6

To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication.

7

To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public.

X
8

To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies.

9

To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process.

10

To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication.

X
11

To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

12

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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