Journalism Feature Articles

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The first half of the class focuses on exposing the material to be taught and is completed in the second, on application of the contents, leaving it to the students to start from the theory presented in order to demonstrate their skills in journalistic matters. According to the According to the scheme of Continuous Assessment, the process will include knowledge of: I. An assessment test (50% of final grade) II. Practical Working Group, to be presented in class and in writing from proposed topics (50% of final grade). The exam is a writtem test. According to the Assessment Regime for Final Exam, students must enroll in this mode following the rules set by ESEC for this purpose. 

The subject intends to introduce students to the procedures of the media production routine, studying the indispensable instruments for the process of construction of the informative message and acquiring the necessary training to the demands of current information. The curricular unit “Journalistic Genres” is directly related to the contents of “Journalistic Writing Workshop”, “Press Journalism” and “Journalistic Investigation Techniques”. Its concepts and techniques are further developed in specialized curricular units such as “Television Journalism”; “Digital Journalism” and “Radiophonic”.

I. The timeliness and journalistic criteria of newsworthiness Events, non-events and pseudo-media events. Media events and news values. The public interest in ensuring the legitimate exercise of journalism. The facts, interpretations and opinions. The goal objectivity, fairness, the adversarial principle. Verification of information sources and the crossing. II. The Journalistic Genres: characterization and writing techniques. Gender Journalistic Information Gender Interpretative Journalism Gender Journalistic Opinion

• - Practical works presented in class and in written form - 50.0%
• - Test - 50.0%

• - Written test - 100.0%

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