Course Overview
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Course Synopsis
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This course in mainly divided into two major sections; In the first section, the focus will be on the significance of ‘news’ as a basic component of newspaper, as well as the role of a reporter with reference to his professional qualities, duties, achievements, failures, skills and working conditions, Whereas the second section concentrates on the responsibilities and working of a sub editor in newspaper. In this context, students will study about all the major tasks performed by the sub editor from analyzing the news story and re writing it with corrections to giving it an appropriate headline. Students will also be taught the correct usage of English, tenses, contextual interpretation of words, punctuation''s, proverbial and other essential English related issues that have the potential to affect the meaning of a particular news report.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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At the end of the course, you should be able to:
- Use practically the terminologies of print and online publishing industries
- Recognize typographic principles
- Comprehend ethical and legal implications of copyright
- Demonstrate competence in use of page layout, image editing and Web design software
- Identify appropriate communication styles and formats for print and Web publications
- Demonstrate competence in designing simple examples of print and online publications
- Apply journalistic principles of headline and caption writing, news story placements and image use
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Course Calendar
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1
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Introduction to News Reporting
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9
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Reporter I (Definition of Reporter)
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10
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Reporter II (Classification of Reporters)
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17
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Beats Reporting IV (DIPLOMATIC REPORTING)
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19
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Beats Reporting VI (SPORTS REPORTING)
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20
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Beats Reporting VII (REPORTING BEATS)
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23
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Conflict Reporting III
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24
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Investigative Reporting I
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25
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Investigative Reporting II
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26
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Investigative Reporting III
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27
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Parliament Reporting I
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28
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Parliament Reporting II
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29
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Parliament Reporting I (PARLIAMENTARY TERMINOLOGIES)
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30
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Parliament Reporting II (PARLIAMENTARY TERMINOLOGIES)
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