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Laurea magistrale in Editoria e giornalismo - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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Advanced English for Journalism (m)   (2009/2010)

Teaching code

4S02366

Teacher

Roberta Facchinetti

Coordinator

Roberta Facchinetti

Credits

6

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH

Period

I semestre dal Sep 28, 2009 al Jan 16, 2010.

Location

VERONA

Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The course aims at improving the students’ ability to analyze and produce a journalistic piece in its different forms, be it a written text (print / on-line version) or an instance of broadcast journalism. The students will be shown how to identify and reproduce the stylistic and textual features of journalistic texts, bearing in mind the cultural-ideological background against which a report, a feature or a commentary is set.

Program

Pre-requisites:
Entry level required: C1 (advanced), according to the European framework.

Programme
 History of journalism: the basics
 News reporting
 Writing news reports
 Features
 Writing feature articles
 Commentaries and editorials
 Writing commentaries and editorials
 Subediting
 Broadcast journalism
 Court reporting
 Interviewing
 Freelancing
 Media law
 Professional ethics
 Ideology in journalism

Teaching methodology: Lectures, tutorials, seminars and practice sessions.


Suggested texts:
Boyd, Andrew, (2001) 5th ed. Broadcast Journalism: Techniques of Radio and Television News, Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Harris, Geoffrey and David Spark (1997) 3rd ed. Practical Newspaper Reporting (edited, with additional material, by F. W. Hodgson), Oxford: Focal Press.
Hennessy, Brendan (2006) 4th ed. Writing Feature Articles, Oxford: Focal Press.
Quinn, Stephen (2001) Digital Sub-editing and Design, Oxford: Focal Press.
Welsh, Tom, Walter Greenwood and David Banks (2007) 19th ed. McNae’ Essential Law for Journalists, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Further texts will be handed out during the lessons.

Examination Methods

written exam

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE