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Aim In order to understand journalistic writing you will give a brief outline of the points below: Note: Points 1-4 will be and have been explored in more detail – your aim is to summarise and show evidence at this stage. Objectives (All) Understand the significance of ‘news values’ and ‘news sense’ News values, also known asContinue reading “Session 4 – Good News Bears”

Objectives (All) Answer all of the questions on Ethics and add / paste each scenario into your blog (All) Where appropriate back up with examples of articles you feel have been handled correctly and some that haven’t. 5 Principals of Ethical Journalism (Ethical Journalism Network) 1. Truth and Accuracy Journalists cannot always guarantee ‘truth’, butContinue reading “Session 3 – Ethics”

Aim Using the links provided research old news stories from the 20th century. Make every effort to explore other avenues such as archives – library back catalogues of newspapers or online sources. Objectives (All) Source 3 separate stories from the past between 1900 and 1999 via links provided or from Nottingham Library using their MicrofilmContinue reading “Session 2 – Digging in the dirt”

Aim Analyse the structure and style news stories and features. Identify an example of ‘harder’ and ‘softer’ news and evaluate them in terms of journalistic balance. Objectives (All) Source 2 local news stories, 2 national and 2 international. (All) Through these examples, choose 2 of the strongest examples to highlight examples of ‘harder’ and ‘softer’Continue reading “Session 1 – News types”