Duration
60h Th, 5d FT Tr. Pr.
Number of credits
| Master in journalism (120 ECTS) | 10 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course about investigation (the most complete form of journalistic work) allows students to learn about in-depth investigative inquiries, using a number of sophisticated techniques for finding information. Students will participate actively in ever more difficult searches for information touching the legal, political, economic and social worlds. In this workshop class, set up like a newspaper press room, students will meet professional journalists that have made names for themselves in investigative journalism.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Creativity. React to current events by imagining story angles that bring stories to life.
- Autonomy. Find the proper journalistic techniques for the subject being written about.
- Mastery. Produce investigative work of professional quality.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Active curiosity about current events. - Frequent reader of newspapers and frequent consumer of audiovisual and digital media. - A high level of skill in major journalistic genres, such as is taught in the course, Techniques du journalisme (3rd Bac).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Written exercises are planned for the practice sessions, which will help prepare students for the final evaluation.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
- Number of hours in class and time period: 60 hours during the second term.
- Place: Séminaire Mac Luhan.
Recommended or required readings
- Transparencies shown in class are available online. - Highly recommended readings: Yves Agnès, Manuel de journalisme, Paris, La Découverte, Coll. « Guides Grands Repères », 2016; Mark Hunter, Le journalisme d'investigation, Paris, Coll. « Que sais-je ? », Presses universitaires de France, 1997.
- Written exercises - Oral examination
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
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:
Anne-Marie D'Acchille
04 366 32 79
am.dacchille@uliege.be