Welcome to Journalism WritingWelcome to the online resources for the Journalism Writing course. These pages will contain the kind of stuff that doesn't fit within the university's own system (for various reasons), including document templates, news feeds, blog posts, presentations and, hopefully, comments and discussion from those actually doing the course. I will also attempt to keep you up to date with important dates (deadlines and stuff) on the calendar below, and link to a number of written tutorials which should help you throughout the year. Please check back here regularly, as this is also where I can highlight forthcoming workshop subjects and post interesting news stories or ideas about your projects. Presentations Week 2: Anatomy of a news page Audio Recording: Marantz Guide
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Writing a news storyWriting a news story Course calendar | Course AssignmentsAssignment 1 (unmarked) Write a profile of a fellow student, based on a face to face interview with them. Word count: 500 Format: Print. Deadline: Include in workbook (17 December, 2008) Assignment 2 Produce four pieces of journalistic work written and presented as though for publication. These will be two news stories suitable for the Evening Post, Western Daily Press or Western Eye (250-400 words each), a review of a cultural event or artifact (400-500 words) and a review of a book about journalism or a journalist (500-750 words). You will choose two of these for the final assessment. Word counts: Various Format: Print Deadline: 2pm Wednesday 17 December, 2008 Assignment 3 Research and write a profile on a significant person in Bristol. Word count: 1,000-1,500 words Format: Print Deadline: 2pm, Thursday 7 May, 2009 Assignment 4 Create an audio slideshow on the subject of The Changing Face of Bristol. Production metrics: 150 words, 10-15 images, 60-90 seconds audio. Format: Audio Slideshow Deadline: 2pm, Thursday 7 May, 2009 See the module handbook for more details on these assignments. LinksUWE Equipment Loans A form to fill out when you need to borrow equipment from the university. Flickr Flickr is a great photosharing website. In the context of this course, it's good to use as a ready-made image library. Creative Commons | UK Copyright Intellectual property rights are something you'll need to get to grips with as you write and produce work. The Creative Commons movement is an attempt to redraft copyright for the internet age. Newseum A site which scrapes the front pages from 600-odd newspapers everyday. I've linked to the Europe section here, but most of the world is represented. Libel Notes | BBC Libel Guide These are useful if you intend on writing about anything/anyone controversial. This is a commission for a review for the magazine 3D World. It's here to show you how much detail some editors will expect from a review and a reviewer. Software In addition to the software used for designing page (Photoshop and InDesign) we'll also be relying on a selection of other packages which, fortunately, can be acquired for nothing. Audacity. This audio editing package is available for Windows, Mac and Linux amd will be used to edit together content for the last assignment. Just remember to get the MP3 encoder. Photo Story. This is quite a nice slideshow editing package for Windows XP and Vista. Mac users will already have iPhoto on their computers which does the same job.
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Style GuidesA styleguide is used by journalists to ensure their copy conforms to a particular standard - so, for example, if they're writing a story on a world war 2 pilot, they know whether they should write World War 2, Second World War or even WWII. The Guardian (PDF) |
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