À propos de ce cours : Being a successful journalist is more than hunting down information. How journalists process the information, then put it together, are key steps for news reports. You will learn the process, planning, requirements of how journalists develop their news reports. There are many ways to report news reports, and you will learn different forms of how to perform reporting and writing to serve different audiences. This course also explains the different formats within journalism, beyond the written word and how they are best utilized.
Créé par : Michigan State University
Enseigné par : Joanne Gerstner, Sports Journalist in Residence
Michigan State University School of Journalism
Enseigné par : Jeremy Steele, Specialist
Michigan State University School of Journalism
Enseigné par : David Poulson, Instructor
School of Journalism
Enseigné par : Eric Freedman, Instructor
School of Journalism
Enseigné par : Joe Grimm, Instructor
School of Journalism
Enseigné par : Lucinda D. Davenport, Director & Professor
School of Journalism
| Informations de base | Cours 3 de 5 dans Become a Journalist: Report the News! Specialization |
| Niveau | Intermédiaire |
| Engagement | 4 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week |
| Langue | English |
| Matériel requis | none |
| Comment réussir | Réussissez tous les devoirs notés pour terminer le cours. |
| Notes des utilisateurs |
Programme de cours
SEMAINE 1
Welcome to Course 3!
We are thrilled to have you as part of Course 3 in our Introduction to Journalism Specialization. We will be discussing how to "Effectively Delivering the News to Your Audience". You will learn about the School of Journalism, our award-winning faculty and the world-class atmosphere of Michigan State University. We are a special place, where amazing things happen every day.
4 vidéos, 1 lecture
- Vidéo: Meet your School of Journalism faculty
- Vidéo: The MSU School of Journalism
- Vidéo: #SpartansWill
- Reading: Where to find us
SEMAINE 2
Earning and keeping trust
You've developed your story concept. You've done your research, reporting and interviewing. Now you will learn how to take the next steps: sorting your information, and picking the right format for your news report. You will develop skills in dealing with statistics, numbers and how to figure out if you have enough information to compile an effective news report.
4 vidéos, 1 lecture, 2 quiz pour s'exercer
- Reading: Things to help sort information
- Practice Quiz: Sorting newsgathering
- Vidéo: Using numbers wisely in news reports
- Practice Quiz: Understanding how to use numbers
- Discussion Prompt: How USA TODAY uses numbers effectively
- Vidéo: Newsgathering...what's accurate and what's not?
- Discussion Prompt: Think like a journalist!
- Vidéo: What happens if you don't know something?
Noté: Sifting, sorting and choosing information
SEMAINE 3
Preparing your news report
Sometimes one of the biggest challenges in being a journalist is figuring out how to best handle quotes, format, and audience recognition. Knowing what you're reporting, and your audience, makes all the difference. You will learn how to best use and structure quotes in your news reports, choose the right format for reporting, and understand the needs of your audience.
3 vidéos, 1 lecture, 1 quiz pour s'exercer
- Discussion Prompt: Examining quotes and transitions
- Practice Quiz: Using quotes correctly
- Vidéo: Choosing a news report format
- Reading: Some formats for news stories
- Vidéo: Knowing your audience
Noté: Have you seen format affect a news report?
Noté: Audience, tone, leads, sources
SEMAINE 4
More than words
Having an effective news report is often dictated by the many thoughtful choices made by editors and journalists. How things look, sound, feel and read impacts how the audiences choose to take in information - and if they want to interact with your media. What are the things you need to consider? You will learn how your news report can be strengthened through multimedia: audio, video, graphics, photos and maps. You will develop skills in shooting video and photos, as well as gathering audio.
4 vidéos, 2 lectures, 3 quiz pour s'exercer
- Discussion Prompt: How can you use multimedia?
- Practice Quiz: Ways to think about multimedia
- Vidéo: Adding audio to your news report
- Reading: Listen to this!
- Practice Quiz: Audio best practices
- Vidéo: Adding Videos to your News Report
- Reading: Make Your Video More Visually Interesting
- Practice Quiz: Adding Video to Your News Report
- Vidéo: Why should you use multimedia?
Noté: Adding layers with multimedia
SEMAINE 5
Keeping the news conversation going
Being a journalist does not mean you complete a news report...and move on to another story. Many times, one report leads to another, then another, then another on a particular topic. You will learn how to harness and understand the power of your audience, and use their feedback to develop more news reports. You will also deepen your understanding of audience reaction and how to handle the feedback.
4 vidéos, 1 lecture, 1 quiz pour s'exercer
- Vidéo: Crowdsourcing and audience reaction
- Discussion Prompt: Using the audience to crowdsource
- Vidéo: The good, the bad, and the please go away
- Practice Quiz: Forms of audience reaction
- Vidéo: Journalists and pushback
- Reading: Stress and journalists
Noté: How do YOU keep the reporting going?
Noté: Journalists and audiences
Noté: Putting it all together
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Créateurs
Michigan State University
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Tarification
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| Accéder au contenu du cours | Disponible |
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| Recevoir une Note Finale | Disponible |
| Obtenir un Certificat de Cours partageable | Disponible |
Notation et examens
This component of the specialization is indispenable for gaining the core skills and values of a practicing journalist. Earning trust and confronting sources, international journalism and its risks.. stay up-to-date with the fast-changing field of journalism on multi-media.
I highly recommend this component of the specialization.
Excellent course for aspiring journalists.
It was very interesting to go through all the chapters of the course"Effectively delivering the news to your audience " and especially how to know how to deal with audience's reactions.
.Instructors are professional and the lessons are well organized.Thanks you Michigan State Journalism Coursera Team
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Regards,
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Fantastic Class! I have a BA in Journalism and I felt the Coursera/MSU SoJ Classes were indeed tougher and give a much better example of 'real world' than you will find in most class rooms.