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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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Nivel principiante

Aprox. 22 horas para completar

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Fechas límite flexibles

Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.

Certificado para compartir

Obtén un certificado al finalizar

100 % en línea

Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.

Nivel principiante

Aprox. 22 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

Instructores

Dr. Denis Muller

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Advancing Journalism

1427 alumnos

1 curso

Dr. Margaret Simons

Associate Professor and Director

Centre for Advancing Journalism

1427 alumnos

1 curso

Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Semana

1

Semana 1

4 horas para completar

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.

4 horas para completar

7 videos (Total 64 minutos), 3 lecturas, 3 cuestionarios

7 videos

Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens - overview3m

Course introduction5m

1.1 What is a journalist? Part A12m

1.2 What is a journalist? Part B14m

1.3 Principles of good news writing15m

1.4 What is news?8m

1.5 Newstown media conference4m

3 lecturas

Welcome to Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens10m

Week 1 outline10m

Start of course survey10m

2 ejercicios de práctica

Week 1 Newstown quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30m

Active or passive sentences quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30m

Semana

2

Semana 2

2 horas para completar

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.

2 horas para completar

4 videos (Total 31 minutos), 1 lectura, 2 cuestionarios

Semana

3

Semana 3

1 hora para completar

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.

1 hora para completar

6 videos (Total 49 minutos), 1 lectura, 1 cuestionario

Semana

4

Semana 4

6 horas para completar

More on Interviews

6 horas para completar

12 videos (Total 96 minutos), 1 lectura, 2 cuestionarios

12 videos

4.1 Finding things out: Interviews12m

4.2 Dealing with traumatised people13m

4.3 Interview with the Mayor – a bad example 3m

4.4 Interview with the Mayor – a good example11m

4.5 Interview with the Developer – a bad example8m

4.6 Interview with the Developer – a good example19m

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

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

4.9 Interview with a Conservationist – a bad example3m

4.10 Interview with a Conservationist – a good example11m

4.11 Telephone interview – a bad example 1m

4.12 Telephone interview – a good example 5m

1 lectura

Week 4 outline10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Week 4 quiz - Open and closed questions - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30m

Semana

5

Semana 5

6 horas para completar

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.

6 horas para completar

4 videos (Total 36 minutos), 1 lectura, 2 cuestionarios

Semana

6

Semana 6

2 horas para completar

Media Law and Impartiality; Wrapping Up the Course

2 horas para completar

5 videos (Total 71 minutos), 2 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

Reseñas

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Principales reseñas sobre JOURNALISM SKILLS FOR ENGAGED CITIZENS

por MJ16 de sep. de 2016

such professional tutors, carefully chosen diction.

por AS14 de sep. de 2017

Completed this course in September 2016 - very engaging and informative. I really enjoyed participating in this course.

por MS25 de oct. de 2016

Well organized. Interactive. I felt like a journalist! Thank Margaret & Denis for organizing this course. Was such a pleasure to participate.

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Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens

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