Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in information and communication | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Just like design or informatics, the mastery of writing requires a period of learning. This course is conceived as an initiation to techniques of journalistic writing, and it is made up of two closely related parts. During the first part, more theoretical, students will learn to distinguish and master the main registers of newspaper writing (factual reporting, synthesis, narrative, description...). Next, in a more practical vein, students will write texts that follow the conventions associated with different journalistic genres.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Evaluation. The primary objective of the course concerns the relationship between the student and writing. His or her writing. Through a number of preliminary exercises the students will test their knowledge and measure their progress. They will improve their mastery of syntax, their vocabularies, their spelling, their sentence structure, their continuity, their precision, their exactitude...
- Imitation. Through frequent reading of newspaper articles, and through class discussion and analysis of examples, students will test and refine their techniques of journalistic expression.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Proficiency in oral and written expression (tutoring possible). - Active curiosity about current events. - Frequent reader of newspapers and frequent consumer of audiovisual media.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Written exercises will be assigned during practice sessions and these will help prepare students for the final evaluation.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
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Recommended or required readings
- Transparencies shown in class are available online. - Readings highly recommended: Yves AGNES, Manuel de journalisme, Paris, La Découverte, Coll. « Guide Grands Repères », 2016; Philippe BRETON, L'argumentation dans la communication, La Découverte, coll. « Repères », Paris, 2016 ; Jean-Luc MARTIN-LAGARDETTE, Le guide de l'écriture journalistique, Paris, La Découverte, Coll. « Guides », 2016.
- Some questions over theoretical topics covered in class. - A personal writing project.
Work placement(s)
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Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
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Contacts
Lecturer: David Leloup
Département Médias, Culture et Communication
La Grand Poste
Quai sur Meuse, 19
04 366 29 57
david.leloup@uliege.be
Research assistant:
Boris Krywicki
04 366 38 60
boris.krywicki@uliege.be
Secretariat:
Evelyne Libens
04 366 32 86
elibens@uliege.be