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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.

View the MOOC promotional video here: http://tinyurl.com/jj46rxw

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Certificat partageable

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100 % en ligne

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Niveau débutant

Approx. 22 heures pour terminer

Anglais

Dates limites flexibles

Réinitialisez les dates limites selon votre disponibilité.

Certificat partageable

Obtenez un Certificat lorsque vous terminez

100 % en ligne

Commencez dès maintenant et apprenez aux horaires qui vous conviennent.

Niveau débutant

Approx. 22 heures pour terminer

Anglais

Enseignants

Dr. Denis Muller

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Advancing Journalism

1 427 étudiants

1 cours

Dr. Margaret Simons

Associate Professor and Director

Centre for Advancing Journalism

1 427 étudiants

1 cours

Programme de cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours

Semaine

1

Semaine 1

4 heures pour terminer

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 heures pour terminer

7 vidéos (Total 64 min), 3 lectures, 3 quiz

7 vidéos

Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens - overview3 min

Course introduction5 min

1.1 What is a journalist? Part A12 min

1.2 What is a journalist? Part B14 min

1.3 Principles of good news writing15 min

1.4 What is news?8 min

1.5 Newstown media conference4 min

3 lectures

Welcome to Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens10 min

Week 1 outline10 min

Start of course survey10 min

2 exercices pour s'entraîner

Week 1 Newstown quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30 min

Active or passive sentences quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30 min

Semaine

2

Semaine 2

2 heures pour terminer

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 heures pour terminer

4 vidéos (Total 31 min), 1 lecture, 2 quiz

Semaine

3

Semaine 3

1 heure pour terminer

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 heure pour terminer

6 vidéos (Total 49 min), 1 lecture, 1 quiz

6 vidéos

3.1 Finding things out10 min

3.2 Finding things out: More about places and paper4 min

3.3 Freedom of Information14 min

3.4 Finding things out: People – interviews5 min

3.5 Deception and consent12 min

3.6 Summary and learning activity 51s

1 lecture

Week 3 outline10 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Week 3 ‘Finding things out’ quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30 min

Semaine

4

Semaine 4

6 heures pour terminer

More on Interviews

6 heures pour terminer

12 vidéos (Total 96 min), 1 lecture, 2 quiz

12 vidéos

4.1 Finding things out: Interviews12 min

4.2 Dealing with traumatised people13 min

4.3 Interview with the Mayor – a bad example 3 min

4.4 Interview with the Mayor – a good example11 min

4.5 Interview with the Developer – a bad example8 min

4.6 Interview with the Developer – a good example19 min

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

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

4.9 Interview with a Conservationist – a bad example3 min

4.10 Interview with a Conservationist – a good example11 min

4.11 Telephone interview – a bad example 1 min

4.12 Telephone interview – a good example 5 min

1 lecture

Week 4 outline10 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Week 4 quiz - Open and closed questions - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30 min

Semaine

5

Semaine 5

6 heures pour terminer

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 heures pour terminer

4 vidéos (Total 36 min), 1 lecture, 2 quiz

Semaine

6

Semaine 6

2 heures pour terminer

Media Law and Impartiality; Wrapping Up the Course

2 heures pour terminer

5 vidéos (Total 71 min), 2 lectures, 1 quiz

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Meilleurs avis pour JOURNALISM SKILLS FOR ENGAGED CITIZENS

par MS25 oct. 2016

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

par AS14 sept. 2017

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

par MJ16 sept. 2016

such professional tutors, carefully chosen diction.

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Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens

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