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Course Guide in Campus Journalism AY 2021 2022

This document provides the course guide for EL 119 Campus Journalism at Bohol Island State University for the 2nd semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. The course aims to develop skills in writing for traditional and new media. It covers the foundations of journalism, tools of writing like leads, news, features and editorials. Students will learn photojournalism, copyreading and headline writing. Assessment is based on activities, assignments, discussions, a major written output or project, and midterm and final exams. Students must participate actively online, cite sources properly and avoid plagiarism.

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Course Guide in Campus Journalism AY 2021 2022

This document provides the course guide for EL 119 Campus Journalism at Bohol Island State University for the 2nd semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. The course aims to develop skills in writing for traditional and new media. It covers the foundations of journalism, tools of writing like leads, news, features and editorials. Students will learn photojournalism, copyreading and headline writing. Assessment is based on activities, assignments, discussions, a major written output or project, and midterm and final exams. Students must participate actively online, cite sources properly and avoid plagiarism.

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Republic of the Philippines

BOHOL ISLAND STATE UNIVERSITY


Main Campus

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

EL 119 Course Guide


Campus Journalism
2nd Semester AY 2021-2022

Course Description
This course develops skills and applies principles and strategies in writing for traditional
and new media.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, students will be able to:


1. Demonstrate understanding of the development of journalism
2. Demonstare an understanding of the components of a various journalistic stories
and styles
3. Demonstrate understanding of the impact of the press on society
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the components of producing a multimedia journalism
package-text, photography, video, audio and social media.
5. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of publication organizational structure,
workflow and practice.

Course Outline
UNIT 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM

I. Foundational Concepts of Journalism


A. Scope and Nature of Journalism
B. Journalism versus Literature
C. Tenets of Journalism
D. Killers of Balanced Reporting
E. Functions and Duties of the Press
F. Limitations of the Press

II. The Newspaper


A. The National Newspaper
B. Parts of the Newspaper
C. Front Page
D. Editorial Page
E. Sports Page

UNIT II. LEARNING THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE

III. The Lead


A. Classification and Characteristics of Leads
B. How to Write a Summary Lead
C. Grammatical-beginning and Unconventional Leads
D. Types of Novelty Leads

IV. News/Newswriting
A. News Values, Structure and Patterns
B. Qualities, Categories and Types of News
C. Steps and Pointers in Writing the News Story
D. News Sources and News Gathering

V. Feature Writing
A. Definition of a Feature and Feature Writer
B. Hard News vs. Soft News
C. Characteristics of Feature Article and Good Feature Writer
D. Kinds and Sources of News Feature
E. Steps in Writing a Feature Article

VI. Editorial Writing


A. Definition, Nature, Purpose and Concepts of Editorial
B. Editorial Leads
C. Structure and Sources of Editorial
D. Writing the Editorial
E. Functions of the Editorial Writer
F. Types of Editorial

VII. Sports Writing


A. The Nature and Kinds of Sports Articles
B. Structure of a Sports Story
C. Writing Sports Lead and Sports Story
D. Sports Lingo

VIII. Copyreading and Headline Writing


A. Duties of the Copyreader
B. Guides to Becoming a Good Copyreader
C. Copyreading Signs/Symbols and Procedure
D. Objectives of the Headlines and Qualities of a Good Headlines and Headline Writers
E. Classes and Characteristics of Headlines
F. Rules and Guidelines for Writing Headlines

IX. Photojournalism
A. The Photographer
B. The Basic Principles and Two Characteristics
C. Qualities of Good photo
D. Sources of Pictures and How to Select Photos
E. Criteria of a Good Photo Caption

X. The School Paper and the Publication Staff


A. A Brief History of Campus Journalism
B. Campus Journalism Act
C. The Campus Paper and Its Functions
D. Parts of the Campus Paper
E. Selection of the Publication Staff
F. Duties and Responsibilities of the Publication Staff
G. The Publication’s Policies
Course Resources/Materials
Bulusan, F. (2016). Campus Journalism within Your Reach. Cubao, Quezon City. Lorimar
Publishing, Inc.

Malinao, A. L. (2004). Journalism for Filipinos. Mandaluyong City. National Book Store

Pangilinan, E.C. (1988). Journalism Handbook. Diliman, Quezon City. National Book Store

Ramirez, J.B. (1983). Philippine Journalism Handbook. Caloocan City. National Book Store

https://michellerafter.com/2014/07/14/writing-basics-the-lead/

http://ohlone.edu/people/bparks/docs/basicnewswriting.pdf

https://www.thebalance.com/news-writing-2316089

https://www.media-studies.ca/articles/feature.htm

https://www.geneseo.edu/~bennett/EdWrite.htm
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tips/tips-on-writing-newspaper-editorial-
format.html

https://irenebakisan.weebly.com/sports-writing.html

https://www.scribd.com/doc/60148911/Copy-Reading-and-Headline-Writing

https://www.poynter.org/news/magazine-covers-photojournalism-or-illustration

Course Requirements
Since, you are learners in Online setting, you should know and understand the fact that
you are studying “on your own,” meaning at your own pace and at your most convenient time
with the relevant resources available to you. Despite this freedom, you are expected to comply
with the discussions/reporting, assignments and other requirements. You are going to practice
the various kinds of interactions (learner-teacher, learner-learner, and learner-resource
interactions) throughout your stay in BISU. Grab these opportunities to maximize your learning.

To successfully complete the course, you must:

1. Answer all the activities and assignments, participate in all discussions/reporting


virtually (40% of the final grade)
2. Submit on Major Written Output and/or Project (30% of the final grade)
3. Take and pass the Midterm and Final Exams (30% of the final grade)

Major Requirements
There are two major assignments that you have to submit for this course. One for Midterm and
another for Final Term requirement. The details will be posted.

Midterm and Final Exam

There are two examinations-midterm and final required in the course. Those two exams will be
available in a particular platform (this will be announced)

Assessment Plan

Projects/Requirements and Exams

The criteria for rating these requirements will be explained in the Requirement/Project
Guides and Exam instructions

Grading System
Your final grade for the course will be computed as follows:

Activities, Assignments, Discussion/Reporting 40%


Written Output and/or Project 30%
Midterm/Final Exams 30%
___________________________________________

TOTAL 100%

Reminders and Guidelines


4. All course announcements are posted online through our GC, so see to it that you
are officially enrolled in the course and are able to participate in all the course
activities and discussions/reporting. Also, because we will only meet each other
online, please make sure that you always use your complete name for your facebook
account with your profile picture so that we will enable us to easily identify you, and
that your ISMIS account should always be used in accessing the LMS or Moodle.
Never use your personal email address.
5. All your submissions and posts should be academic and are based on empirical data
( assigned readings, your personal experiences supported by literature and
professional insights, etc.) Personal messages should be sent primarily through
messenger and/or sent to the email address of the person concerned.

6. Acknowledge the source/s of any piece of information that you will cite in your
activities and projects. Paraphrase accordingly. Use APA style, 6 th edition, when
citing sources. You may refer to the useful guidelines on APA citation and reference
format from Purdue University’s OWL. Plagiarism will not be tolerated in our
class and is guaranteed to have serious effect ( this may be ground for expulsion
or an automatic zero in the plagiarized work. Read carefully the basic plagiarism
rules below.

Basic Plagiarism Rules


(Torrecampo, R.M. (2009). DLL Course Guide, UP Open University)

You have committed plagiarism when:


a. You used ideas not your own, and did not cite the source, even if you
reworded the text entirely.
b. You used the wording or ideas (even if reworded) without citing the
source, even if you did not intend to plagiarize, or did not know you were
plagiarizing.
c. Using at least six words, in succession of a material without quoting and
citing its source.
d. Using the same words and ideas in another language (translation).
e. Submitting the same text for two different subjects/teachers/purposes
(you can plagiarize yourself).
f. Patching together, cutting up and pasting words to create a mosaic of
words by the same or by another/other author/s.
g. Patching up together ideas to create a mosaic of ideas by the same or by
another/other writers.
h. Misquoting the words of an author.
i. Wrongly citing bibliographic data of the source, including wrongly
attributing text to a source, or inventing a bibliographic source for certain
words/ideas.

7. Follow these guidelines on labelling your submissions/attachments:

See to it that all your documents are in MS Word files. Follow the formats below.

Files Names for Activities/Assignment/Project:


Family Name_First Name & Middle Name Initials_EL119_A-for activities,
EL119_Ass-for Assignment, EL119_P-for Project/Major Requirement
Examples: Macabenta_JT_EL119-P

Subject Line for Emails:


Family Name EL119 Type of Submission or Message
Example: Macabenta EL119 Inquiry on Exam
8. Always keep a duplicate copy of your requirement/s just in case it gets lost in transit
or because of online glitches.

9. All submissions are done through the LMS or platform specified by the instructor.
Look for the appropriate section where you should post. For activities, check where
you should submit them.

10. You are highly encouraged to follow the course guide, read in advance and
anticipate possible conflicts for you to make necessary adjustments. Deadlines
should be strictly observed. Inform the instructor in advance about any
unavoidable but valid delays or problems.

Guidelines in Preparing/Submitting Written Requirements


a. Observe 1.5 spacing and use any of the following fonts: Tahoma, Arial, Calibri, Verdana
and font size 12.
b. The language of instruction is English so you are expected to use this language in your
submissions. Be thorough. Implement self-evaluation and editing before turning in any
written assignment. You are expected to submit scholarly done written papers.

Contact number of Instructor:


Joylene T. Macabenta, Ed.D.
Email: [email protected]

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