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} } 1. Journalism profession. Networking. } 2. Interviewing techniques. } 3. News reporting. } 4.Headlines. Leads. } 5. Feature writing. } 6. Creative writing techniques. } 7. Narrative technique. Use of dialogues. } 8. Survey and statistics in journalism. } 9. First person. Columns. Memoir style. } 10. New media. } 11.Final test Grading system
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** Attendance & participation – 40% **
= = Lectures: 8X2=16 = = Seminars: 12X2=24 = = } **Tasks** **– 50%** = = } Visual – 5 = = } Interview – 5 = = } News – 7 = = } Survey or Video - 10 = = } Feature – 14 = = } Comments (at least 3) – 9 = = } **Test – 10%** = =

= = **Tasks** } **Writing**: 1. **Visual writing task** Find a spot – the more unusual or unpredictable the better – to describe. Sit and take notes on what you see ONLY. Do not interpret. Don’t worry about introductions or leads or conclusions. You may incorporate sounds (dialogue you overhear) or smells if they are part of a scene. You do not need to do any background. Visual writing: suggestions ü Think of yourself as a video camera ü Use active verbs ü Choose 1 word to describe, not 2 or 3 ü Know when to stop ü Limit metaphors & similes ü Use present tense ü Length is up to you (but no less than 1 page)

2. **Interview task** Conduct an interview with one of your colleagues, teachers, friends. Apply the principles outlined in the lecture (choice of questions, structure). Choose an interesting topic!

3. **News task** Find news at your faculty. It can be recent event, participation in university or city life, international exchanges, quest speakers, etc. Ask the Dean's office, search the university website, look through the faculty news page, faculty group in social media for ideas. Write a headline, then a lead. Report a story. Use attribution (quotes) at least once. The length is about 1 page. Be concise, use facts. Answer 5 Ws and H.


 * 4. Column / feature / survey analysis / blog entry**

Look at features in a number of magazines of different genres and note the content and styles of writing. Decide on a particular genre of magazine and the topic for a feature, which is a free choice. Carry out research for the feature using a variety of sources. Write the feature of approximately 1000 words in copy style. Suggest or attach pictures/graphics that may be used to illustrate the piece.

[|Samples] [|Guidelines]
 * For profiles guidelines abd samples, see**

Read lecture #6 about survey in journalism. Pay attention how it is presented in the article. Make your own survey, ask at least 10 people. Analyze the results and present them in your article based on survey.
 * 5. Survey**

} **Reading for seminars**: 1**. News pieces** The Moscow Times [] The Guardian [] Pravda.ru [] The Telegraph [] //**In Russian**// Lenta.ru [] Vzglyad []


 * 2. Interview**
 * [|Article "Interviewing a source: Rules of the road"]**
 * [|Interview with Willam Zinsser about good writing]**

3. Feature 4. Survey [] 4. Column

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 * Textbooks**


 * Resources**

Writer’s workshop – [] Newswriting – [] Misused words and more – [] Society of professional journalists – []
 * Useful links**

Most memorable **interviews** – [] Celebrity interviews - [] []

Tips for **feature writing** [] []

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 * 21st century journalism**

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 * Советы от опытных журналистов - Оксана Силантьева**


 * Lectures**
 * 1 Course overview and networking**

[|Tips from CBS news reporter] [|Active verbs list] [|Clarity practice] [|Punctuation practice] [|Lead practice - direct or indirect]
 * 2 Interviiewing**
 * [|Interview of Larry King (CNN) with Vladimir Putin]**
 * 3 News writing**
 * 4 Headlines and Leads**
 * [|Story lead - basics]**
 * 5 Feature writing**
 * 6 Survey and literary devices**
 * 7 Column and opinion writing**
 * 8 New media**