JB1400 Multimedia News Journalism 2 Course description

Studentene har praksis i et mediehus og deltar under veiledning i det daglige arbeidet i redaksjonen, med selvstendige oppgaver innen ulike fotojournalistiske områder og sjangere. Studentene forplikter seg til å ta den praksisplassen utdanningen stiller til rådighet. Praksisperioden varer hele 5. semester.

JB1200 Introduction to Journalism must be passed.

Knowledge

The student has knowledge about

• journalism on crime and court, politics, economy and working life
• The Freedom of Information Act and access to public journals
• distinct news genres and norms for journalistic language
• rhetoric and argumentation
• crisis journalism
• distinctive features of the different media platforms (tv, radio, web and print media)

Skills

The student

• is able to use the news reportage as a genre
• can cover stories on crime and court, politics, economy and working life
• has developed her journalistic-linguistic skills further
• can produce news for several media platforms (tv, radio, web and print media)
• can do journalistic research online and in social media

General competance

The student can

• work individually and in teams with developing journalistic products
• evaluate her own and others' journalistic work on the basis of source-critical, rhetorical and press-ethical principles
• reflect critically upon journalism on important fields in the Norwegian society

Etter praksisperioden og obligatorisk praksisoppsummering skal studentene levere en praksisrapport der de evaluerer praksisperioden som helhet og egen innsats underveis. Praksisrapporten skal inneholde eksempler på eget fotojournalistisk arbeid med analyse og metoderapport av dette arbeidet fra studenten selv. Studentene skal også analysere relevante, oppståtte metodiske, etiske og/eller kildekritiske problemer og kommentere hvordan disse ble løst. Praksisrapporten bør være på 5-8 sider (skrifttype Arial elle Calibri, 12pkt, linjeavstand 1,5). Vurderingen fra veileder i mediehuset og eventuelle andre vedlegg kommer i tillegg til denne sidenormen.

En student kan ved ikke bestått levere omarbeidet versjon av praksisrapporten til sensur én gang.

During the course, the students are required to carry out five mandatory tasks, which make up the course requirements. The tasks are practical and theoretical exercises related to the teaching and curriculum texts, with the purpose of strengthening the students' understanding of journalism as a profession. Some of them are solved in groups, others individually. The content and deadlines of the tasks will be published in Canvas.

Four of the tasks are connected to the so-called media rotations, in which the students produce news for all four media platforms. The students are required to take part in the newsroom activities and to acquaint themselves with the respective production and editing tools. Therefore, participation in the media rotations is mandatory. Exceptions are made only for students who are documented sick or have other lawful reasons for absence.

The tasks are approved by teachers throughout the term, and at least four out of the five tasks have to be approved before the student is allowed to take her exam. Students who do not pass a given task on their first try, are allowed to hand in an improved version once.

Taking part in the feedback sessions is mandatory. Students who are sick or have another lawful reason for absence, can negotiate an extended deadline for the task with the teacher. If the student does not keep the deadline given in the course plan or the extended deadline agreed upon with the teacher, the student is not allowed to hand in her task and can as a consequence not take her exam.

The exam is a three day home exam consisting of two parts: a theoretical/analytical, curriculum-based paper and one of the course requirements that the student has carried out during the term. The exam shall be written in Norwegian, as the course deals with news journalism in Norwegian. Other Scandinavian languages may be accepted by application but only for the theoretical/analytical paper. The exam is given a joint evaluation. Candidates who do not pass or have lawful reasons for absence, may sign up for a new and postponed exam.

Det benyttes en interne sensorer til sensurering av oppgavene. Et uttrekk på minimum 25 prosent av besvarelsene sensureres av en intern og en ekstern sensor. Karakterene på besvarelsene fra uttrekket skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

The exam is graded by letters from A to E for passed and F for failed.

All exam answers are evaluated by at two examiners. A random sample of at least 25 % of the answers are evaluated by an external examiner.

Yngve Benestad Hågvar