The Writing and Journalism Workshop is one of the training activities of the Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences, which has as its general objective a critical understanding of issues and problems relating to information and the current development of the media.
As part of this course, the workshop aims to provide direct experience of contemporary journalistic work through the creation of a simulated newsroom. Organised in groups, students will be able to put into practice the theoretical notions acquired and use case studies to design and produce news articles, surveys, reports, interviews and reviews. The workshop will also enable them to interact with professionals in the sector who will be invited to discuss specific topics in depth.
At the end of the workshop students will have acquired the necessary basis to critically evaluate information and sources, and to produce journalistic materials of different types.
As part of this course, the workshop aims to provide direct experience of contemporary journalistic work through the creation of a simulated newsroom. Organised in groups, students will be able to put into practice the theoretical notions acquired and use case studies to design and produce news articles, surveys, reports, interviews and reviews. The workshop will also enable them to interact with professionals in the sector who will be invited to discuss specific topics in depth.
At the end of the workshop students will have acquired the necessary basis to critically evaluate information and sources, and to produce journalistic materials of different types.
teacher profile teaching materials
1) Facts, news, news (definitions, examples); newsworthiness; news construction
2) Speed and duration: hard, soft, breaking, slow
3) Multiplication of sources and verification tools, rights and duties of journalists
4) The investigation and reportage
5) The interview
6) Around and beyond current affairs. Commentaries, columns, reviews
7) Forms and styles of written journalism: paper and web
8) Doing journalism with images: photos, videos, instagram
9) Doing journalism through voice: podcasts, audioseries, radio
10) Collective analysis of final group papers: The environment: climate change and biodiversity
11) Collective analysis of final group papers: Narrating sports
12) Collective analysis of final group papers: What we talk about when we talk about AI
The environment: climate change and biodiversity
Rudi Bressa, Trafficanti di natura. Il commercio illegale di specie selvatiche che minaccia la biodiversità (e tutti noi), Codice, 2023.
Narrating sports:
Federico Ferrero, Parlare al silenzio. La mania di raccontare il tennis, ADD, 2024.
What we talk about when we talk about artificial intelligence
Mafe de Baggis e Alberto Puliafito, In principio era Chat GPT. Intelligenze artificiali per testi, immagini, video e quel che verrà, Apogeo, 2023.
Programme
Along with an overview of the essentials of contemporary journalism, the program includes the formation of working groups dedicated to the three major themes on which the workshop activities are most specifically focused: 1) The environment: climate change and biodiversity; 2) Narrating sports; and 3) What we talk about when we talk about artificial intelligence. Each lecture will include practical exercises. Several experienced journalists in different branches of the profession will speak during the workshop.1) Facts, news, news (definitions, examples); newsworthiness; news construction
2) Speed and duration: hard, soft, breaking, slow
3) Multiplication of sources and verification tools, rights and duties of journalists
4) The investigation and reportage
5) The interview
6) Around and beyond current affairs. Commentaries, columns, reviews
7) Forms and styles of written journalism: paper and web
8) Doing journalism with images: photos, videos, instagram
9) Doing journalism through voice: podcasts, audioseries, radio
10) Collective analysis of final group papers: The environment: climate change and biodiversity
11) Collective analysis of final group papers: Narrating sports
12) Collective analysis of final group papers: What we talk about when we talk about AI
Core Documentation
Each student must choose one subject from the three proposed topics and read IN FULL the book indicated for that topic:The environment: climate change and biodiversity
Rudi Bressa, Trafficanti di natura. Il commercio illegale di specie selvatiche che minaccia la biodiversità (e tutti noi), Codice, 2023.
Narrating sports:
Federico Ferrero, Parlare al silenzio. La mania di raccontare il tennis, ADD, 2024.
What we talk about when we talk about artificial intelligence
Mafe de Baggis e Alberto Puliafito, In principio era Chat GPT. Intelligenze artificiali per testi, immagini, video e quel che verrà, Apogeo, 2023.
Reference Bibliography
REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY - Claudio Giunta, Come non scrivere, Utet 2018 - Voltiamo decisamente pagina, a cura di Nicola Sofri, Il Post 2023Attendance
Since this is a workshop, attendance is strongly recommended, but students who cannot attend in person have the opportunity to attend lectures remotely. In addition, the lectures are recorded so that even those who cannot attend can follow the lectures asynchronously. However, since the assessment is done in itinere, that is, during the course, all students, attending and non-attending, are required to join the working groups and participate in the group exercises in the syllabus. Failing this, the final grade cannot be awarded.Type of evaluation
The assessment will be in itinere, that is, it will be based on the group exercises conducted during the course and on the final papers, also group papers, in the form of a journalistic product. For this reason, there will be no written or oral exams at the end of the workshop. Students must still register to enable registration of eligibility.