Sources, Techniques and Organisation of Journalistic Work
Code: 104974 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501933 Journalism | OB | 2 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Ricardo Carniel Bugs
- Email:
- ricardo.carniel@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
The course requires students to be able to keep informed about current affairs, reading comprehension at university level, and a sufficient command and the proper use - spoken and written - of their own languages, as well as being able to read and understand texts in English.
It also required to be used to the environment and functionalities of the Virtual Campus, as well as the Microsoft Teams platform (or similar).
It is highly recommended that the students had enrolled and successfully passed most of the subjects of the 1st year of the Degree, specially the subject of Escritura Periodística I, considering that the contents dealt with in them will be considered known.
Objectives and Contextualisation
This subject is part of the field Theory and Techniques of Journalism, so it focuses on the organization of journalistic work and its main routines, systems, tasks or roles. The course emphasizes the stages that constitute the relationship between journalism professionals and their sources of information: search, documentation, contrast, validation of information (from the instrumental and deontological points of view).
In this way, the general objective of the course is that the students know these professional routines and the requirements to find, treat and use personal sources or sources of any other nature in the elaboration of their journalistic content. Attention will also be devoted to the issue of verification of sources, data and information produced by third parties, a topic that is especially relevant in the context of growing disinformation enhanced by the digital communication environment.
Competences
- Abide by ethics and the canons of journalism, as well as the regulatory framework governing information.
- Design the formal and aesthetic aspects in print, graphic, audiovisual and digital media, and use computer-based techniques to represent information using infographic and documentary systems.
- Introduce changes in the methods and processes of the field of knowledge to provide innovative responses to the needs and demands of society.
- Relay journalistic information in the language characteristic of each communication medium, in its combined modern forms or on digital media, and apply the genres and different journalistic procedures.
- Research, select and arrange in hierarchical order any kind of source and useful document to develop communication products.
- Show leadership, negotiation and team-working capacity, as well as problem-solving skills.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Take account of social, economic and environmental impacts when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
- Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
Learning Outcomes
- Adapt the presentation of the news to the needs established by the editorial space.
- Analyse the sex- or gender-based inequalities and the gender biases present in one's own area of knowledge.
- Communicate using language that is not sexist or discriminatory.
- Consider how gender stereotypes and roles impinge on the exercise of the profession.
- Describe the workings of editorial boards.
- Handle information facts in the most appropriate journalistic genre.
- Identify situations in which a change or improvement is needed.
- Identify the social, economic and environmental implications of academic and professional activities within one's own area of knowledge.
- Properly comment on and edit texts or other media productions related to journalism.
- Recognise the potential and limits of freedom of speech in appraising information processes.
- Research information sources, select them and apply critical appraisal criteria.
- Research, select and arrange in hierarchical order any kind of source and useful document to develop communication products.
- Show leadership, negotiation and team-working capacity, as well as problem-solving skills.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Write news, articles and reports with their respective sub-genres.
Content
Subject Overview
- Basic organigram of a newsroom in conventional media and digital environments. The organization of work and professional routines in journalistic production.
- The construction of reality by the media: selection and hierarchy of information. Values or quality criteria in news production.
- Personal and documentary sources: data collection, interviews, types of informants, credibility factors.
- Communication offices, news agencies and other information providers. Websites of transparency and public registries as a source of data for journalists.
- Ethical and legal aspects that condition the treatment and use of sources in journalistic work.
- Internet as a universe of data and sources. Potential and dangers of social media and networks. Basics for checking hoaxes, false content and combating disinformation.
The order of the topics indicated may vary according to the final planning of the subject. The detailed calendar will be available on the first day of class and it will be published on the Virtual Campus.
The contents of the course will be sensitive to aspects related to the gender perspective.
Methodology
The teaching methodology of this course aims to encourage active learning by students, as well as to increase their level of autonomy in decision-making, knowledge acquisition and performance of tasks that will allow them to develop professional skills related to the subject studied. Therefore, the teaching team is responsible for providing students with all the instructions, guidance and tutoring necessary for the proper follow-up of the course, but it is the student who are primarily responsible for achieving the objectives of the subject and passing the course satisfactorily.
The contents are divided into different types of training activities (virtual or face-to-face, according to the socio-health situation and the Faculty's guidelines): expository sessions, case studies, debates, active participation in class, individual or team practical work, etc. In addition to the content explained by the teaching staff, the classes will follow specific dynamics, which will emulate basic routines and processes of the journalistic profession. In this way, while learning certain aspects of the syllabus, students will be experiencing and practising specific aspects that form part of the day-to-day work of journalism professionals.
All activities require the attendance/participation of all students, since the very first day of class. Eventually, according to the needs of the course, teachers could programme distance / non-classroom activities.
Virtual Campus: fundamental tool
The only valid sources of information for the development of the whole subject will be the orientations indicated by the professors during face-to-face classes, and the data, notices and documents published in the space of the subject in the Virtual Campus. Students must constantly consult the Virtual Campusinorder to be up to date with the indications.
In addition, Virtual Campus will be the only way to submit evaluable assignments, except in those cases where the type of task or the format of the work does not allow it. Inthese specific cases, the teaching team will
indicate the appropriate alternative route.
Tutoring
The tutorial meetings (individual or by teams) are a fundamental aspect for the proper development of the tasks of this subject. During the course, professors will inform their respective students the pre-established
timetables and spaces (face-to-face or online) for tutoring. The students' attendance to these tutoring is an aspect that the teaching staff will take into account when evaluating the assignments.
The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation activities may undergo some modifications depending on the health authorities' restrictions.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Seminars / Practical work at laboratory. | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 11, 12, 9, 3, 13, 5, 18, 8, 7, 16, 14, 15, 10, 6, 4 |
| Theoretical presentations, case studies, debate and other participative dynamics. | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 11, 12, 9, 3, 13, 5, 8, 7, 17, 16, 15, 10, 6, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutoring | 7 | 0.28 | 1, 13, 8, 7, 17, 16, 14, 6 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Search, selection and reading of bibliography and other resources. Personal study. Planning and individual work / teamwork. | 91 | 3.64 | 1, 2, 11, 12, 9, 3, 13, 18, 8, 7, 17, 16, 14, 15, 10, 6, 4 |
Assessment
The subject follows the system of continuous assessment, so it is assumed that is mandatory the participation of students to all training activities mentioned above.
The final grade of the subject will be calculated as a weighted average, based on the following assignments:
- Activity A. Current affairs test: 10% on the final grade;
- Activity B. Individual exams: 35% on the final grade;
- Activity C. Practice at seminars/laboratory: 30% on the final grade;
- Activity D. Coursework: 25% on the final grade.
IMPORTANT: Any written work or test that includes five mistakes spelling, grammar and/or barbarisms (five errors in total) will obtain a grade of 0.
To be able to pass the course, it is necessary:
a) Carrie out and submit all the assignments (activities B, C and D). In case of absence for justified reasons of force majeure, the student must present the corresponding proof to the teaching team; otherwise, the activities will be considered as Not Completed.
b) Obtain a minimum grade/average of 5,0 in each of the activities B, C and D.
c) Regarding teamwork assignments, professors may adopt control measures to verify the participation of each member in the common work. Consequently, the grades may be different for members of the same team,
which could mean that one or several members pass the evaluation, while the others don't.
The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation activities may undergo some modifications depending on the health authorities' attendance restrictions.
Review of marks
The marks of the students' assessments will be published in the folder of the course in the Virtual Campus. Once the grades of each assessment activity are published, students will have a maximum period of seven calendar days to request a tutorial meeting and review of marks. After seven calendar days since the marks are published, they will be considered definitive.
Reevaluation
In order to be eligible for reassessment, students must fulfil the following two conditions:
1) not having reached the minimum criteria established to pass the subject;
2) to have been assessed during the semester of a set of activities, the weight of which corresponds to a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade of the subject.
Activities A and D are excluded from the reevaluation system.
Second Enrollment
In the case of a second enrolment, students may request the possibility (non-binding) of carrying out a single synthesis exam, a representative evaluation of the entire subject content (theory, practice and current affairs). The grade of the course will correspond to the grade of the synthesis exam. Students who wish to take this single test should contact the course coordinator during the first week of classes. Each case will be analysed individually, considering the mark obtained in the previous enrollment, number of activities carried out, etc. Depending on the case, the final coursework may also be required, so the final grade would correspond to the weighted average between the grades of the synthesis exam and the coursework.
Plagiarism
The student who performs any irregularity (copy, plagiarism, identitytheft, etc.) that can lead to a significant variation in the qualification of an evaluation act, will be graded with 0 this evaluation. In case of more than one irregularity, the final grade of the course will be 0.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A) Current affairs test | 10% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 11, 12, 9, 8, 7, 15, 10, 4 |
| B) Individual Exams | 35% | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 11, 12, 9, 3, 5, 8, 7, 17, 16, 14, 15, 10, 4 |
| C) Practical exercises in seminar / laboratory | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 11, 12, 9, 3, 13, 5, 18, 8, 7, 16, 14, 15, 10, 6, 4 |
| D) Final coursework | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 11, 12, 3, 13, 18, 8, 7, 17, 16, 14, 15, 10, 6, 4 |
Bibliography
Basic bibliography
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COLUSSI, Juliana; GOMES-FRANCO E SILVA, Flávia y ROCHA, Paula M. (2018). Periodismo Ubicuo: convergencia e innovacion en las nuevas redacciones. Editorial Universidad del Rosario. https://cataleg.uab.cat/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2071930?lang=cat
GARCÍA-GORDILLO, Mar; BEZUNARTEA VALENCIA, Ofa; RODRÍGUEZ REY, Ana y SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ, Mª Teresa (2014). La calidad de los medios y el uso de fuentes periodísticas. Una evolución del VAP. En IV Congreso Internacional Asociación Española de Investigación en Comunicación. "Espacios de la Comunicación", 1541-1555. http://hdl.handle.net/11441/23776
GARCÍA SANTAMARÍA, José Vicente; CLEMENTE FERNÁNDEZ, María Dolores y LÓPEZ ABOAL, María (2013). La organización de las redacciones en los nuevos diarios digitales españoles y su relación conlos nuevos modelos de negocio. Textual & Visual Media, 6, 141-160. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6505460
LÓPEZ-CARREÑO, Rosana (2017). Fuentes de información: guía básica y nueva clasificación. Editorial UOC.
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Required readings will be indicated in the first class and changes may be applied throughout the course.
Software
This course does not require any specialised software beyond the Office package (or equivalent). For virtual activities, Microsoft Teams will be used.