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News Writing Techniques

Course Code	: GZT303
Course Type	: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 2
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

To give basic information about news gathering and writing, to provide practicality in news writing

Course Content

The student of this course, It uses information gathering techniques and research methods to get information / news. The news recognizes the types of questions to be used in total. He knows the ways to get his questions to the source. It uses the means to transport the questions to the source. Distinguish the characteristics of press conferences. It uses specific questioning styles for press conferences. Selects the information with the primary precaution from the collected information. He writes the information he chooses as news in the way journalism requires. It critically evaluates what is written.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Ali Emre DİNGİN

Learning Outcomes

1.	Be able to explain the stages of the news writing process.
2.	Be able to explain news headlines, news spots and ending news.
3.	Be able to audit and verify the written report.
4.	Be able to write news using different techniques.
5.	Learns the techniques of news gathering and how to convert these informations to a news text.

Recommended or Required Reading

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

General information about the course and course information

Week 2 - Theoretical

What is the news? Case / Idea Separation, Occurrence / News Separation, Real / News Separation

Week 3 - Theoretical

Evaluate the institutional and different media context in which the journalist works. Which institution, type of work, what environment

Week 4 - Theoretical

News types. Event reporting, professionalism and news value. Basic concepts in audiovisual reporting

Week 5 - Theoretical

Situation What is journalism, how to do it. What's the point?

Week 6 - Theoretical

News collection and news sources. Primary, secondary sources. Other sources.

Week 7 - Theoretical

News collection and news sources.

Week 8 - Theoretical

Primary, secondary sources. Other sources.

Week 9 - Theoretical

The importance of asking questions to gather news. Types of questions.

Week 10 - Theoretical

Do not set up questions. Asking questions in face-to-face situations, physical posture and verbal communication skills. Telephone inquiry techniques

Week 11 - Theoretical

The basic principles of event journalism. 5N1K, reverse pyramid structure

Week 12 - Theoretical

News sections. Title, entry, body, background

Week 13 - Theoretical

News writing rules. Sentence organization, predicates, uppercase letters, abbreviations, numbers

Week 14 - Theoretical

Evaluation of the written news (proofreading) and testing of its consistency

Week 15 - Final Exam

FINEL EXAM

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	15	3	2	75
Midterm Examination	1	20	3	23
Final Examination	1	20	7	27
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12	PÇ-13	PÇ-14	PÇ-15	PÇ-16	PÇ-17	PÇ-18	PÇ-19	PÇ-20	PÇ-21	PÇ-22	PÇ-23	PÇ-24	PÇ-25
OÇ-1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
OÇ-2	4	3	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	5
OÇ-3	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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