Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Written Communication II
Teaching staff
By appointment. In order to make an appointment, please request one by email.
Introduction
Written Communication II is a 6 ECTS credit subject taught in the second semester of the first year of the degree in Journalism.
Its aim is to provide students with the knowledge of journalistic genres: news, features stories and interview.
Pre-course requirements
No pre-course requirements are needed to enrol in this subject.
Objectives
- Evaluate outcomes and processes and point out ways to improve learning processes.
- Share evaluation tasks between teachers and students.
- Incorporate self-assessment processes and assessment among peers.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 06 CG - The ability to read, analyze and synthesize
- 15 CE - Lingustic ability in Catalan, Spanish and English
- 17 CE - The ability to produce spoken and written texts for journalistic projects
- 29 CE - The ability to understand and apply different journalistic genres and formats
- 38 CE - Knowledge and mastery of concepts, data, statistics and economic graphs
- 40 CE - Knowledge and mastery of the use of language
- 45 CE - The ability and capacity to give a creative form to a journalistic message
Syllabus
Introduction to journalistic genres
Information, interpretation, opinionTheoretical-practical
Writing headlines
Style, punctuation, vocabularyapproach ...
NEWS
The W's. Lead. Headline.
INTERVIEW
CHRONICLE
Teaching and learning activities
In person
| TRAINING ACTIVITY | ECTS CREDITS |
| Focused Praxis. Handing in occasional exercises to learn theory through practice. | 1.7 |
| E-learning. Virtual learning based on ICT. | 0.3 |
| Lectures. In lectures, lecturers/professors not only transmit content or knowledge, but also, and above all else, attitudes, motivation, skills and values, etc. They also ensure that participants can express their opinions and arguments to the other students. | 1.8 |
| Practical workshop. A highly practical working activity, where students can acquire skills that are practical or also theoretical (intellectual skills, logical skills, critical skills, intellectual learning skills, study skills, quoting skills, etc). | 0.6 |
| Lab. Working groups that combine theory and practice. The aim of these is not to undertake already known techniques, but instead to make progress that is both theoretical and technical. These Lab sessions will culminate in the creation of a professional or semi-professional product. | 1.0 |
| Coaching. Monitoring how students learn the content of the subject, either individually or in groups. In the coaching sessions, mistakes will be corrected, queries answered, and exercises and activities to achieve the established objectives will be suggested. | 0.6 |
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Final exam: 40 %
Exercises: 40 %
Final exercise: 20 %
Weekly Tests and participation: + 10 %
It is necessary to take at least a 4 in the exam.
In second call and subsequent: 100 % final exam.
Bibliography and resources
Required reading:
Lyon, William (2014): La escritura transparente. Cómo contar historias. Madrid: Libros del KO.
GRIJELMO, A. (2001): El estilo del periodista, Madrid: Taurus.
Recommended reading:
Libros de estilo de El País, ABC, EL Mundo y La Voz de Galicia.
Kapuscinski, Ryszard: Los cínicos no sirven para este oficio.
Vizuete, J. I. A., Caminos, J. M. (2009). Redacción informativa en prensa. Ariel
RANDALL, R. (1999): El periodista universal, Madrid: Siglo Veintiuno de España Editores.