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SET-BC, 2010 Legacies Now and 3M are excited to offer SET-BC students the opportunity to participate in an online journalism course to complement the Virtual Voices Village program and provide formal training to students interested in furthering developing their journalism skills.
The course will be offered starting September 2008 and because of the flexible online learning environment, the course can be completed at the students pace, provided it is completed by June 12, 2009.
Course Name: Journalism 11/12
Details: Five Unit Course, 4 credits, to run 120 hours
Overview: This course will focus on writing and presentation skills for the purpose of reporting, and will include grammar, editing, and proofreading skills, audio and video technology, ethics and the law in journalism, local and global media, as well as the specifics of finding the story, interviewing, investigative reporting, writing leads, and online reporting. Assignments will consist of unit projects, blog and v-class participation, and self-evaluations.
Writing basics – where to get help, how to self-edit.
Students will work with grammar check and spell check, will become familiar with editing and proofreading tips. This unit will include a brief history of journalism - where it was, where it is now.
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Where stories come from (sports, disasters, politics, etc), and how they become NEWS.
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Students will work on leads, focus on the five Ws, and discover the inverted pyramid.
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Local and global mass media – newspapers to television, radio to internet
Writing styles, audience, photography
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Students will learn about the Seven Deadly Sins, and about their own convictions and ideas surrounding ethical reporting. Students will develop critical thinking and reading skills. This unit will include discussion and debate on issues of censorship, privacy laws, and other related topics.
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Students will study writing for online media, as well as writing features articles. They will be asked to do in-depth research and interviews, and will learn to write for a voice.
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Texts: Inside Reporting, by Tim Harrower ISBN # 978-0-07-352614-0
Handbook of English, McGraw-Hill ISBN # 0-07-548986-4
Registration Information:
SET-BC students should register with EBUS Academy using the cross-enrollment registration form. The cross-enrollment registration form is found at http://www.ebus.ca/Cross_Enrollment_Appl_Form.pdf or by visiting www.ebus.ca and clicking the Enroll tab at the top and following the cross registration links. Please indicate ‘Journalism 11/12 (SET-BC)’ in the course section on page three of the form. See below for example:
Please note that SET-BC students are being offered pre-registration for this course until August 2008, therefore the course does not currently appear on the Ebus.ca course listing page. In August, the course will become available to other students.
Grade 10 students can register for the course; however English 10 should be complete prior to registration.
Further information will be sent to the student when the registration process has been completed.
We encourage you to participate and enjoy the course!
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