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Syllabus in Campus Journalism

This document outlines a course syllabus for a campus journalism course. The course aims to develop students' journalistic skills through hands-on experience producing a school newspaper. Over 14 weeks, students will learn about various aspects of journalism like news writing, feature articles, editorials, and copy editing. Assessment is based on exams, assignments, class participation, quizzes, and contributions to the school newspaper. By the end of the course, students will be able to discuss media ethics, describe different newspaper sections, and develop their journalistic writing and design skills.

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Syllabus in Campus Journalism

This document outlines a course syllabus for a campus journalism course. The course aims to develop students' journalistic skills through hands-on experience producing a school newspaper. Over 14 weeks, students will learn about various aspects of journalism like news writing, feature articles, editorials, and copy editing. Assessment is based on exams, assignments, class participation, quizzes, and contributions to the school newspaper. By the end of the course, students will be able to discuss media ethics, describe different newspaper sections, and develop their journalistic writing and design skills.

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Republic of the Philippines

Stratford International School


J. Catolico Avenue, Lagao General Santos City

Course Syllabus: Campus Journalism

Course Description: This course promotes the development and growth of campus
journalism as a means to strengthen ethical values, encourage creative thinking,
and develop moral character and personal discipline among the students. It
encourages and train students on how to produce and manage a school paper.
This is also a practical course to students who are beginners in the journalism
field and who want to improve their journalistic skills.

Learning Outcomes (LO): At the end of the course, the students can:
A. Cognitive (Knowledge) :
1. Discuss the ethical standards of campus journalism and the extent
of freedom of the press.
2. Describe the different sections of a school paper.
3. Compare the different news writing techniques and formats.
B. Affective (Attitude) :
1. Strengthen moral character through campus news papering.
2. Recognize the role of the campus press as a “watchdog” and a
fiscalizer.
C. Psychomotor (Skills):
1. Develop their journalistic skills .
2. Design a well-balanced publication.

Grading System:
Exam – 40%
Assignment – 20%
Class Participation – 15%
Quizzes – 15%
Attendance – 10%
Other Requirements:
School Newspaper
Reporting

Learning Plan:
TOPIC WEEK# LEARNING ACTIVITES
I. Fundamental Concepts on 1-2 Reporting
Journalism Activity
 Scope and Nature of
Journalism
 Journalism versus
Literature
 Tenets of Journalism
 Killers of Balanced
Reporting
 Functions and Duties
of the Press
 Limitations of the
Press
 Mental Gymnastics
 Synapse Strengtheners
II. The Campus Paper and the 3-4 Reporting
Publication Staff Discussion
 The National Quiz
Newspaper
 The Campus Paper
 A Brief History of
Campus Journalism
 Functions of campus
Papers
 Aid to Students
 Aid to School and
Community
 Parts of the Campus
Paper
 Parts of Front Page
 Parts of Editorial Page
 The Sports page
 Selection of the
Publication Staff
 Duties and
Responsibilities of the
Publication Staff
 The Publication’s
Policies
 Mental Gymnastics
 Synapse Strengtheners
III. The News: A 5-6 Reporting
Backgrounder Activity
 Understanding News Discussion
 News in School Papers
 Characteristics of a
Good News
 Types of News Stories Prelim
 Mental Gymnastics
 Synapse Strengtheners
IV. Stairway to News Writing: 7-8 Reporting
Techniques and Principles Activity
 Sources of News Discussion
 More Sources of News
 Rules of Thumb in
News Gathering
 Stages in Interview
 Steps in Conducting
the Interview
 Structure of News
 Mental Gymnastics
 Synapse Strengtheners
V. Getting Started: Crafting 9-10 Reporting
the Good Lead Discussion
 Parts of the News Quiz
 The Lead
 Major Classifications
of Lead
 Kinds of Grammatical
Beginning Lead
 Reason for Using
Novelty lead
 Rules of Thumb in
Lead Writing
 Mental Gymnastics
 Synapse Strengtheners
VI. In Focus: Writing the 11-12 Reporting
Whole News Story Discussion
 More Concepts on Activity
News Writing Quiz
 Qualities of News
 The Do’s of News
Writing Style
 The Dont’s of News
Writing Style
 Transitional Devices
 The Mystery in
Winning News Writing
Competitions
 Other Winning Tips in
News Writing Contest
 Mental Gymnastics
 Synapse Strengtheners
VII. Creativity Matters: 13-14 Reporting
Writing Feature Articles Discussion
 Feature Story: Its Quiz
Concepts and Nature
 Characteristics of
feature Stories
 Feature Flourishes in
 Qualities of a well-
written feature story
 Hard News and feature
story contrasted
 Types of feature
stories
 The effective feature
writer
 Sources of features
 The stages of writing a
feature story
 Writing the feature
story
 Rules of thumb in Midterm
writing the
introduction
 Writing introduction:
techniques and
samples
 The nut graph
 The body of the feature
article
 Paragraph
development
 How to end the feature
article
 Writing title of feature
stories
 Tips for beginning
feature writers
 Feature writing contest
tips
 Sample feature articles
 Mental gymnastics
 Synapse strengtheners
VIII. Scuffle of Opinions: 15-16 Reporting
Writing Editorials Discussion
 Editorial: Its
Definitions and
Concepts
 Other Characteristics
of an Editorial
 Functions of Editorial
 Types of Editorial
 Editorial Structure
 Duties of an Editorial
Writer
 Crafting the Editorial:
Suggestions for
Students
 Editorial Writing: A
Sample Structure
 Some techniques in
beginning the editorial
 Some techniques in
ending the editorial
 Some techniques in
persuasion
 Letters to the Editors
 Sample Editorial with
Analysis
 Analysis of Editorial
 Mental Gymnastics
 Synapse Strengtheners
IX. Personal Viewpoint: 17 Reporting
Writing Columns Discussion
 Column Writing: Its Activity
Nature and Concepts Quiz
 Types of Columns
 Tips in Writing a Column
 Suggestions for
Beginning Columnists
 Some more tips on
columns writing
 Sample columns
 Mental gymnastics
 Synapse strengtheners
X. Copyediting: Cleaning the 18 Reporting
copy & Writing the Headline Discussion
 Copyediting defined Activity
 Editing
 Proofreading
 Copyediting or
copyreading
 The desk and the desk
work
 The work process
 Procedures in
copyreading
 Journalistic writing
 Tips for accurate
reporting and editing
 Omitting verbal
deadwoods
 Avoiding redundancies
 Using simple words
 Concrete and precise
writing
 The headline
 Functions of headlnes
 Guidelines in headline
writing
 Headline vocabulary
 Mechanics of headline
writing
 Headline patterns
 Reminders to editors
 Mental gymnastics
 Synapse strengtheners Finals
XI. Publication Style Guide: A 19 Discussion
Sample Quiz
 Uses of titles
 Spelling
 Quotations
 Use of numbers
 Capitalization
 Use of punctuation
 Mental gymnastics
 Synapse strengtheners

Reference:
B. Ferdinand, MAED. Campus Journalism: Within your reach. A worktext for Journalist
Wannabees in the Campus.

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