News Gathering and Writing Techniques
Public Relations and Publicity
Faculty of Communication
First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Gathering and Writing Techniques | HIT305 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 3 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Mustafa YILMAZ
Associate Prof. Dr. Sevim KOÇER
Associate Prof. Dr. Banu KÜÇÜKSARAÇ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) By using news collecting techniques and research methods, it attains news/information
2) It knows question styles in collecting news
3) It knows to transport questions to the source.
4) It uses ways of attaining questions to the source.
5) It evaluates written news critically
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||||||
| 1 | No relation | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Middle | High | Low | No relation | |
| 2 | Low | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | |
| 3 | No relation | Middle | Low | Low | Middle | High | Low | Low | Middle | |
| 4 | Middle | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Middle | Low | Low | Middle | |
| 5 | Middle | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Middle | Low | Middle | Low | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
International Communication, Media History
Course Contents
At first step course tells that which event can be turned into news and students are taught to turn events suitable for news into news. News Gathering and Writing is one of the basic courses in journalism education and in the scope of this course, students are taught to gather information from scene and write news according to this information. By doing this students are prepared to be a good journalist. Beside the practices conducted in the scope of the course, students are taught ethical values which every journalist must have.
Weekly Schedule
1) What is news?2) Journalists working environment
3) Types of news
4) News gathering and news sources
5) Ask questions to gather news
6) Questioning techniques
7) News formula
8) Midterm exam
9) News sections
10) Indirect and direct expression
11) News verbs
12) News spelling rules
13) Redaction
14) Objectivity discussions on the news
15) International news imbalance discussions
16) Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Atilla Girgin, Haber Yazmak, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005.
2- Erkan Yüksel ve Halil İbrahim Gürcan, Haber Toplama ve Yazma, Tablet Basım Yayın
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Case Study
4) Self Study
5) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
20% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
80% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required