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What I would like us to focus on: Journalism The basics News stories news determinants, news angles, the inverted-pyramid, leads Interview how to ask to get the best answer Write well write like a journalist Different models for telling a story
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World Wide JournalismWorld Wide JournalismToday:
Who are we? Round of presentationExpectations to this course My ideas for this course what do you think? Video: To be a journalist! Short presentation: The essence of journalismAssignment: Write – shorter is better
Round of presentations and Round of presentations and expectations expectations
Who are we?
Why are we here?
What I would like us to focus What I would like us to focus on:on:Journalism The basics
News stories news determinants, news angles, the inverted-pyramid, leads
Interview how to ask to get the best answer
Write well write like a journalist Different models for telling a story
What I would like us to focus What I would like us to focus on:on: New media new journalism
Which role do the media play today?User journalism social media and
blogs International media how are they
adapting?
What I would like us to focus What I would like us to focus on:on:Journalism as a tool Activism
How can journalism be used as a tool to change the world?
The use of journalism on the other side of the table the use of PR in companies and organizations
What I would like us to focus What I would like us to focus on:on:We are the media
Production of journalism We make our own magazine
Other possible topics:Other possible topics:Political Spin the story behind the
storyFeature writing journalism written
as fiction The power of the media in different
parts of the world different media systems
… WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Life as a journalist in Life as a journalist in NYNY
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACmMweBwUS0
The Essence of Journalism The Essence of Journalism
Shorter is better
Be precise don’t write five words if two is enough to tell the story
To the point what is it you want people to know? Don’t write long leads without focus
Catchy headlines a good headline is half a story
Find the details that say it all
Six words say it all Six words say it all Ernest Hemmingway wrote this story and called it his best work:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
How to write short How to write short
Avoid clichésKill your darlings DELETE!
Assignment 1 Assignment 1 Describe this picture using no more
than 100 wordsThe picture: Anti-government
protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo Feb. 11, 2011
Look for moods and details that tell the story show it don’t tell it!
Assignment 2 Assignment 2
Describe yourself as a person using no more than 100 words
We don’t need your life story, just important details that show us who you are
Asignmnet 3Asignmnet 3
Describe a room you know very well or a place here at Odder Højskole
The reader should be able to picture the room or place in details when you are done