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Radio Journalism

SUSANA HERRERA DAMAS

Department of Journalism and Audiovisual Communication,
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Area: Journalism

Bachelor's Degree in Journalism

November, 2012Share:    


Total time of lectures: 21 hours 

Total time of practice sessions: 21 hours 

Total time to prepare the practice: 56 hours 

Approximate time to study the teaching materials: 35 hours

Expected total learning time: 140 hours approx.

 

PRERREQUISITES AND RECOMMENDED PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE

Students are expected to have passed "News Reporting". Moreover, it is also advisable to have completed another writing course on how to write reports, interviews and features for printed media.


 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE

During this first introduction to the radio, we will learn the basics of its language and the several expressive and narrative possibilities provided by this medium. For that, we will focus on producing 4 of the most commonly used radio genres: news, reports, interviews and features. At the end of the semester, students –organized by groups– will have to produce a 20 minute radio program including news, reports, interviews, a feature, and several other elements. The information will have to be organized in varied sections: politics, economics, society, culture, sports, and service information at the end.


OBJECTIVES: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

  • To learn the particularities of the radio language
  • To learn how to analyze, identify and produce pieces of news for radio
  • To learn how to analyze, identify and produce radio reports
  • To learn how to analyze, identify and produce radio interviews
  • To learn how to analyze, identify and produce radio features
  • To learn how to produce radio vox pops
  • To learn how to produce batteries of radio headlines
  • To learn how to produce batteries of radio briefs
  • To learn how to produce radio news programs  

TEACHING MATERIAL

The teaching material is composed of the 5 Power Point presentations incluing audio files, as well as of the mandatory literature.


 PRACTICAL ASSIGMENTS AND ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

  1. 50% practice
  2. 40% theory (assessed on the Final Exam)
  3. 10% participation in lectures and classroom discussion


It is mandatory to attend the practice sessions

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