| Course Objectives: |
This class is designed to give you the tools to work in a newsroom. For much of the semester we will mimic what it is like to work on stories from start to finish, just as you would as if you were working in a real life newsroom, photography studio or cinema. The class is designed to make assignments as real as possible. We’ll also learn about the news business, media related discoveries, ethical issues and today’s challenges.
More people continue to get their news from a television newscast, network or local, than any other source. Newscasts come in many different forms, styles and lengths, and can be viewed on the Internet and mobile devices. The goal of this class is to teach students how to produce a newscast, expose them to broadcast news editorial and operational processes, as well as shape a program that is relevant, engaging and distinctive.
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| Course Content: |
Students will be given practical experience as on-air reporters, movie directors, photographers and in the process be exposed to news writing, audio recording and video editing, best practices in lighting and sound, on-air interviewing and production for digital and television media.
Over the course of the semester students will work toward producing a pre-recorded mediums to be broadcasted, printed, or exhibited.
Special focus is given to writing, story selection and development, building a lineup, pacing, flow and anchoring techniques.
Deadline pressures are emphasized because this sector’s productions have to hit their scheduled marks on time.
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Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) are those describing the knowledge, skills and competencies that students are expected to achieve upon successful completion of the course. In this context, Course Learning Outcomes defined for this course unit are as follows:
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| Knowledge
(Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)
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1) Demonstrate awareness of journalism’s fundemental ethical values.
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2) Engage in critical thinking, and creativity appropriate to the role of
journalism.
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| Skills
(Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)
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1) Interview subjects, conduct research, and evaluate information.
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2) Master the technological tools to record, edit and produce broadcast stories in video.
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| Competences
(Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)
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1) Work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness.
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2) Practice journalistic storytelling equivalent to the standards and quality in the broadcast industry.
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Subject |
Materials Sharing * |
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Related Preparation |
Further Study |
| 1) |
● Introductions
● Who are you?
● What have you done in journalism?
● Class overview
● Audio presentation: radio news, the building blocks of broadcasting (media)
● Television presentation: the power of TV news (media)
● What? Where? When? Why? Who? How?
● Introduction to wire copy
● Writing a lead
● Homework: writing leads
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| 2) |
● Haftalık haber sunumu ve haftalık haber kısa sınav
● Haber toplama: nereden geliyor?
● Modern gazetecilikte etik ve mahremiyet sorunları
● Haber odası sorumlulukları ve haber odası pozisyonları
● Giriş cümlesi yazma ve tam bir TV hikayesi hazırlama
● TV özeti oluşturma
● Sesi kullanma, yazma ve seçme ilkeleri
● Ödev: tam bir TV haber yayını |
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| 3) |
● Weekly news presentation and weekly news quiz
● Using your voice
● Finding a lead when it isn’t so clear
● News release challenges
● Breaking news
● News conferences
● Homework: your first reporting assignment, find something interesting to observe and take some good notes
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● Weekly news presentation and weekly news quiz
● Sourcing, attributions and getting the most out of an interview
● Working with multiple sources
● Write another full TV newscast
● Homework: put it all together... and find something interesting to tell the class that you haven’t read about, seen on tv or heard on the radio
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| 5) |
● Weekly news presentation and weekly news quiz
● Writing for TV news
● Shooting, framing and editing
● How to pitch a story
● Homework: a full pitch (by midweek), shoot video and write to it (by week’s end)
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● Weekly news presentation and weekly news quiz
● The business side: ratings, sales, how everyone makes money
● Sponsored content
● Teamwork: how to work with a team, producers, associate producers, anchors,
reporters, assignment desk, photographers and management
● Work on framing
● Principles of a TV interview
● Para Dedektifi : How to fix the Turkish agriculture system nation gets enough food without import. A lesson in interviewing
from a TV network (media)
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| 7) |
● Haftalık haber sunumu ve haftalık haber testi
● İnceleme: radyo ve televizyon yazımı
● Ödev: röportajlar da dahil olmak üzere tam bir hikaye için bir adım yazın
● Grafik oluşturma ve grafik üzerine yazma
● Videoya daha fazla yazma
● Grafik ve video içeren bir hikaye oluşturma
● Satış konuşmalarını inceleyin
● Ödev: tam rapor #1 |
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| 8) |
Midterm |
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| 9) |
● Haftalık haber sunumu ve haftalık haber testi
● 1 numaralı raporun tamamını sunmak
● Çekime ve düzenlemeye odaklanmak
● Dijital yazmaya giriş
● Ödev: bir hikaye bulmak, anlatmak (hafta ortası) ve dijital bir hikaye yazmak(sonraki hafta) |
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● Haftalık haber sunumu ve haftalık haber testi
● Satış konuşmaları yapmak, hikayenin ilerleyişini tartışmak ve dijital hikayemizi sunmak
● Dijital hikayeler için fotoğraf çekme ve çerçeveleme
● Altyazı yazma
● Teklifleri ayarlamak için çalışma
● Ödev: Bir dijital hikayenin sunumu (hafta ortası), hikayenin tamamı sonraki hafta teslim edilir |
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● Weekly news presentation and weekly news quiz
● Different kinds of digital stories
● Special digital productions: Dinner around the world, Chinatown and
● September 11th in sound (media)
● Practice “quick write-ups” on breaking news
● Write a detailed pitch for a story you’ll do in different formats
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| 12) |
● Weekly news presentation and weekly news quiz
● Present the pitch
● Writing workshop for radio, TV and digital
● Homework: produce the story that was pitched in all three formats... radio, tv etc.
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Week 13
● Weekly news presentation and weekly news quiz
● Present our repurposed story from radio to tv to digital
● Writing sports and writing business news
● Homework: a sports and a business assignment and to think of a subject for the final
project
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| 14) |
● Weekly news presentation and weekly news quiz
● Present our sports and business assignments
● Go over our pitches for the final assignment
● Review radio, tv and digital writing
● Homework: gather the video, sound and information for the final project
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(KPLOs and SPLOs are the abbreviations for Key & Sub- Programme Learning Outcomes, respectively. )
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Programme Learning Outcomes |
Contribution Level (from 1 to 5) |
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Evaluates interdisciplinary historical and theoretical knowledge in the field of radio, television and film. |
5 |
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1.1 Analyses and evaluates the developments in contemporary society, history and arts-culture |
5 |
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1.2 Distinguishes the theoretical knowledge in radio, television and film and evaluates the historical evolution of these fields. |
5 |
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1.3 Evaluates the effects of mass communication and digital media on society. |
5 |
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1.4 Analyse radio, television or film content. |
5 |
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Will synthesize her technical and artistic skills in Radio, Television and Film production process. |
5 |
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2.1 Can plan the production process and develop creative projects in radio, television and film. |
5 |
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2.2 Can use day to day media technology and tools in radio, television and film, and adapt to change |
5 |
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2.3 Develops creative content and script-writing skills for radio, television and film. |
5 |
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2.4 Distinguishes different media content as fiction, documentary and video art, evaluates woldwide developments in these areas. |
5 |
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Plans, coordinates and controls media production processes using related theoretical background and methods. |
5 |
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3.1 Develops analytical thinking, problem solving in production processes, time management, self discipline and communication skills. |
5 |
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3.2 Uses knowledge in media law and ethics. |
5 |
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Applies the theoretical knowledge in business life during a semester. |
5 |
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4.1 Experiences all processes in business life. |
5 |
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4.2 Takes part in activities related to the field of education in a business operating in the field. |
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4.3 Questions the application with theoretical knowledge. |
5 |
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4.4 Compiles the knowledge and experience gained in the field. |
5 |
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S/he acquires the competencies that develop by the expectations of business world and the society defined as the institutional outcomes of our university on the advanced level in relation with his/her field. |
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5.1 Acquires the analyzing solving the problems and managing the conflicts. |
5 |
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5.2 Participates as a team member and takes responsibility in the environments that require the solving of the conflicts and acts as a leader when necessary. |
5 |
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5.3 Has awareness for ethical and social responsivity. |
5 |
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5.4 By supporting the learnt courses with quantitative and qualitative data; and by using verbal and visual communication means, s/he transfers them to the groups within and outside his/her group in a systematical and effective way. |
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5.5 Evaluates the norms and standards present in the works in which s/he takes responsibility in a critical point of view. |
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5.6 Develops strategical, innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. |
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5.7 Acquires competence of managing the change. |
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5.8 Shows development personally and socially with and awareness for lifelong learning. |
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5.9 Follows advanced technologies and developments about digital transformation. |
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5.10 Has cultural awareness and s/he transfers this to the groups within and outside his/her field. |
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5.11 Has awareness about citizenship competency |
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5.12 Acquires communication in a Foreign Language (English) competence defined on the level of at least B1 in European Language Portfolio. (In programs whose medium of instruction is English, on the level of B2/B2+). |
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| WORKLOAD OF TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES |
| Teaching & Learning Activities |
# of Activities per semester |
Duration (hour) |
Total Workload |
| Course |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Application |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Field Work |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Presentations / Seminar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Project |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Homework Assignments |
10 |
5 |
50 |
| Total Workload of Teaching & Learning Activities |
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50 |
| WORKLOAD OF ASSESMENT & EVALUATION ACTIVITIES |
| Assesment & Evaluation Activities |
# of Activities per semester |
Duration (hour) |
Total Workload |
| Quizzes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Midterms |
1 |
20 |
20 |
| Semester Final Exam |
1 |
30 |
30 |
| Total Workload of Assesment & Evaluation Activities |
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50 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (Teaching & Learning + Assesment & Evaluation Activities) |
100 |
| ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE (Total Workload/25.5 h) |
4 |
ECTS Information Package / Course Catalogue