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    This document outlines a course on Newswriting and Editing. The 12-week course will cover topics such as the different types of news, news writing for print and broadcast, ethics in journalism, and editorial production. Students will learn news writing techniques, how to structure news stories, and editing skills. Assessment will include assignments, tests, and a final exam. The goal is for students to gain proficiency in news writing, editing, and the role of copy editors.

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    This document outlines a course on Newswriting and Editing. The 12-week course will cover topics such as the different types of news, news writing for print and broadcast, ethics in journalism, and editorial production. Students will learn news writing techniques, how to structure news stories, and editing skills. Assessment will include assignments, tests, and a final exam. The goal is for students to gain proficiency in news writing, editing, and the role of copy editors.

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    FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND ARTS

    COURSE OUTLINE

    Program: Dip – Journalism and Digital Media


    Academic Y/Sem: JAN -APRIL 2022
    Course Code: BJM 002
    Title: Newswriting and Editing

    Instructor : Philip Njore


    Day : Tuesday
    Time : 1400hrs – 1700hrs
    Telephone : +254 723 325580
    Email :[email protected]

    Purpose of the Course Provides an introduction to copy editing and includes the roles and responsibilities of a copy
    editor, which go beyond being able to spot grammatical and spelling errors in copy. Students learn how a copy
    editor approaches a piece, and how to edit that piece for clarity, sense, and organization, as well as for spelling,
    grammar, style, legal concerns, and fairness. Students will edit copy and write headlines and captions while learning
    the basics of layout and design.

    1) Expected Learning Outcomes:

    By the end of the course, the learner should be able to:

    (a)Exhibit proficiency in editing for story organization, logic, fairness, accuracy, style, grammar, and spelling.

    (b)Formulate strategies for questioning reporters and editors in the process of fact-checking, copy editing, and
    improving stories.

    (C)Correct spelling and grammar in the editing process.

    (d)Ensure consistency and the use of correct style within a publication.

    (e)Define libel law and describe the role copy editors play as the news organization’s last line of defense against
    libel suits

    2) Course Delivery:
    Lectures, news editing and presentations, group discussions,

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    3) Course Assessment

    TASK SCORE (%) DATES


    Assignment 1 Class attendance and participation 5
    Assignment 2 Writing on University news assignments(news or 10
    feature)
    Assignment 3 Outside university news writing assignments(news or 10
    feature)
    CAT 1 Definition of news 15
    Sources of news
    Types of news
    Element of news
    CAT 2 Definition of editorial productions 15
    Duties of a copy taster
    Creating news
    Measuring the news
    Reasons for rewriting
    Exam A final exam to be based on the all materials covered 50
    in the course outline
    TOTAL 100

    4) Course Content Schedule

    TOPIC SUB-TOPICS
    Week 1 Introduction to news writing  Defination of news
     Sources of news
     Types of news
     Element of news
    Week 2 Types of news  Hard news
     Soft news
     Feature
     Editorial
    Week 3 Structure and component of news  Inverted pyramid
     Advantages of inverted pyramid format
     Intro checklist
    -5ws and H (pillars of a new story)
    Week 4 Lead ,functions and types of a Lead in news  Types of leads
    story  Functions of the leads
     Steps to note on writing a lead

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     Others news writing techniques
    Week 5 News writing for newspaper and broadcast News writing for newspaper
     News writing for broadcast
     Why a journalist may use dircect qoutation a
    news story
     Captions writing
    Week 6 Ethics in news writing  Defination of ethics
     Professionals standards and ethics in news
    writing
     Factors affecting the selection and coverage
    of news
    Week 7 Editorial production  Defination of editorial productions
     Duties of a copy taster
     Creating news
     Measuring the news
     Reasons for rewriting

    Week 8 Editing functions  The edting functions


     Newsromm structure
     Getting it right
     Check sources
     Making it fit
     Editing for the page
     Order and shape
     basic punctuation rules
    Week 9 Types of intro  delayed drop
     basic rules
    Week 10 Emerging issues in news writing and editing  Digital news writing
    Week 1 Class presentations/in class oral critiques Class presentations/in class oral critiques
    Week 11 Newsletter Project execution Newsletter Project execution
    Week 12 EXAMS EXAMS

    REFERENCES
    1. DUYILE, Dayo (2015), Writing for the Mass Media: A Manual for African Journalists, Lagos, Gong
    Communications Ltd.
    2. Alfred Lawrence Lorenz & John Vivian (1996), News Reporting and Writing, India, Dorling Kindersley.

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    3. K.M. Shrivastava, (2007), News Reporting and Editing, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers Private Ltd

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