Course Title : News Writing and Reporting I
Code		Course Type	Regular Semester	Lecture (hours/week)	Seminar (hours/week)	Lab (hours/week)	Credits	ECTS
COM 211-1		B	3	3	2	0	4.00	5
Lecturer and Office Hours
Teaching Assistant and Office Hours
Language				Albanian
Course Level
Description		News Reporting and Writing I, is a skills-based immersion into journalism. Students will learn the foundations of journalism and the craft's two main components - reporting and writing of the news - and will explore how news is delivered through mobile devices, TV, radio, Web and printed publications
Objectives		This course aims to expose you to basic journalistic principles, and to build fundamental reporting and writing skills. These goals are pursued in lectures, assignments, and reporting exercises that echo the situations professional journalists face. By the end of the course, you can expect to have a good grasp of the fundamental issues and methods of gathering news & writing news stories. You will also have the opportunity to improve your Albanian-language writing skills, in order to convey facts in straightforward and understandable fashion
Course Outline
Week	Topics
1	The Reporter At Work
2	Components of a Story
3	Writing the Story
4	The Internet and Other Tools of the Trade
5	Obituaries
6	The Lead
7	The Writer's Art
8	Midterm Exam
9	Features, long stories and series
10	Broadcast newswriting
11	Digging for information
12	Making sound observations
13	Building and using background
14	Finding, cultivating and using source
15	Using source form Reporter
16	Final Exam
Prerequisites
Textbook
Other References
Laboratory Work
Computer Usage
Other
Learning Outcomes and Competences
1	Students acquire basic knowledge’s about news reporting and writing
2	Students will be able to use better sources of information, to structure the story for a newspaper, TV, radio, and long stories.
Course Evaluation Methods
In-term studies						Quantity	Percentage
Midterms						1	20
Quizzes						0	0
Projects						5	20
Term Projects						0	0
Laboratory						0	0
Attendance						1	10
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade							50
Contribution of final examination to overall grade							50
Total							100
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload
Activities					Quantity	Duration (hours)	Total Workload (hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours)					16	5	80
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)					14	2	28
Assignments					5	0	0
Midterms					1	10	10
Final examination					1	10	10
Other					0	0	0
Total Work Load							128
Total Work Load / 25 (hours)							5.12
ECTS							5

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