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Cursus: UCACCWRI31
UCACCWRI31
International Journalism
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeUCACCWRI31
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
After completing this course students are able to:
  • write concise and accurate English on a number of topics.
  •  employ techniques used in genres of English journalism.
Inhoud
This course is about truth and conciseness, and about learning to appreciate how much or how little of either is required in the various genres of journalism. It sharpens writing proficiency in an area that differs from academic essay writing or prose compositions. The ability to produce grammatically and lexically accurate English sentences is an absolute prerequisite.
In line with professional practice, students re-write sentences so many times their original form disappears into the mists of time. But while the course starts tight, it gradually loosens up. Having wriggled out of the straitjacket of international news agency reporting and editorial drafting, students are given free rein to express themselves in features, columns and reviews after several weeks.
This is primarily a writing course but involves some news gathering, including interviewing. In the interest of preparing writers for the constraints of space, students compile their work into portfolios that mimic newspaper and magazine formats.

Format
There is one class and one writing workshop each week.
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