Writing for Journalism II
Code: 104989Credits: 12
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism | OB | 2 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Nereida Carrillo Perez
- Email :
- nereida.carrillo@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Luis Miguel Barcenilla Román
- Joana Diaz Pont
- Xevi Camprubi Pla
- Ulises Bernardino Marquez Pulido
- Santiago Javier Justel Vazquez
- Antoni Vall Karsunke
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge in writing in Catalan and Spanish.
- Basic knowledge about theory and history of Journalism.
- Basic knowledge of journalistic genre theory.
- Contextual knowledge of current news: habit of reading the press.
Objectives
- The student will know the history and theory of interpretive informative journalism and the genres of journalistic quality, in all the media in which they are developed.
- The student will acquire rudimentary knowledge of philosophy of language, rhetoric, narratology and stylistics applied to the analysis and writing of interpretive informative genres.
- The student will develop critical thinking about the dominant paradigm in journalism theory.
- The student will identify and characterize the journalistic genres in their use and will be able to propose compositional and stylistic strategies that innovate in a sense of successful functionality.
- The student will be able to write in a solvent way interpretative informative texts and, concretely, chronicle, interview and report, in his diverse varieties and adapted to the diverse supports.
- Students will reflect on new phenomena and trends as disinformation and AI in journalism.
Learning outcomes
- CM04 (Assess the quality and efficacy of journalistic texts in different formats, and ensure that the criteria of accuracy, source use, clarity and professional ethics are met.) Assess the quality and efficacy of journalistic texts in different formats, and ensure that the criteria of accuracy, source use, clarity and professional ethics are met.
- CM05 (Create journalistic products that embrace principles of news responsibility, gender equity, protection against gender-based violence, respect for victims’ rights and sociocultural diversity, and ensure that they are sustainable and aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).) Create journalistic products that embrace principles of news responsibility, gender equity, protection against gender-based violence, respect for victims’ rights and sociocultural diversity, and ensure that they are sustainable and aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- KM04 (Identify the foundations of journalistic writing and distinguish the news and opinion genres in different media formats.) Identify the foundations of journalistic writing and distinguish the news and opinion genres in different media formats.
- KM05 (Recognise the characteristics of the journalistic language in different media (press, radio, TV and digital), and adapt the news to each media channel.) Recognise the characteristics of the journalistic language in different media (press, radio, TV and digital), and adapt the news to each media channel.
- SM03 (Draft journalistic texts that are clear, accurate and adapted to the professional standards in different genres and formats.) Draft journalistic texts that are clear, accurate and adapted to the professional standards in different genres and formats.
Contents
1. The history of journalistic genres and their social function.
2. Is journalism a priesthood of truth? The conflict between positivism and relativism.
3. The story and narratology. Story theory. Point of view, plot, characters, and settings.
4. The tradition of narrative journalism: 'new journalism'
4.1. The North American tradition: the birth of pop culture and the emergence of new media and new journalists
4.2. The Latin American school: Rodolfo Walsh, Gabriel García Márquez, and the NPI Foundation. Tomás Eloy Martínez. The tradition today (Leila Guerrero, Martín Caparrós, and others).
4.3. The European school: Günter Wallraff, Oriana Fallaci, Roberto Saviano.
4.4. Narrative journalism in Spain and Catalonia: Irene Polo; Josep Maria Planas, Eugeni Xammar, Maruja Torres, Montserrat Roig, M. Vázquez Montalbán, etc.
5. The news interview and the profile interview and their variations.
6. The chronicle and its range
7. The report
8. The current challenges of journalism
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended reading of bibliography, both journalistic examples and theoretical references. | 40 | 1.6 | |
| Reading of theoretical texts and discussion in virtual formats (online chats) in dialogue with the theory sessions | 30 | 1.2 | |
| The supervised activities are divided into master classes (10%), seminars (20%), laboratory practices (15%) and autonomous activities (55%) | 30 | 1.2 | |
| The supervised activities are divided into master classes (10%), seminars (20%), laboratory practices (15%) and autonomous activities (55%) | 20 | 0.8 | |
| Reading of exemplary texts and face-to-face discussion on chronicles, interviews and reports | 40 | 1.6 | |
| Supervised tutorials and activities for the final theory test. | 40 | 1.6 |
There will be master classes, text analysis, practical activities aimed at mastering expressive and compositional skills, practice with the main genres of quality journalism (chronicle, interview, and report), and also supervised activities.
Calendar: A detailed schedule outlining the content of each session will be presented on the first day of the course and will be available on the course’s Virtual Campus, where students will find the various teaching materials deemed appropriate by the instructors and necessary information for effective course monitoring. Should the teaching modality change for reasons of force majeure according to the competent authorities, the teaching staff will inform students of any modifications to the course schedule and teaching methodologies.
Gender perspective: The content of the course will be sensitive to issues related to gender perspective and the use of inclusive language. The contribution of women to the discipline will be highlighted, and teaching methods and activities with a gender perspective will be incorporated.
Innovative teaching methods: In some of the sessions, innovative teaching methods will be applied.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practices on journalistic genres and instrumental texts | 65% | 70 | 2.8 | CM04, CM05, KM04, KM05, SM03 |
| Prova teòrica de coneixements | 35% | 30 | 1.2 | CM04, KM04, KM05, SM03 |
The final grade for the subject is made up of 65% of the final practical grade plus 35% worth the final theory grade. Both must be passed to be evaluated with a final pass.
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
The evaluation of the practice will be based on the following percentages:
A) Instrumental practices: instrumental practices are graded in class, generating 10% of the final grade for the practices.
B) Journalistic genre practices: will be worth 90% of the final grade for the practices, and will be:
- Informative chronicle (25%).
- Informative interview (20%)
- Character interview (10%)
- Report (35%)
To be evaluated, all gradeable practices must have been submitted.
The student can retake the practices as long as the failed grade is 3.5 or higher.
The theory assessment will be based on a theoretical test and also activities in class. All together will be worth 35% of the final grade.
SINGLE ASSESSMENT
This subject does not have a single assessment system.
SECOND ENROLMENT
In the case of second enrolment, students may take a synthesis test (35% of the final mark) and complete an informative chronicle (20%), an interview (20%) and a report (25%).
NOT ASSESSABLE
Students who do not attend the theoretical test and who do not complete the practical exercises will be graded as non-assessable.
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT RECOVERY
Students will have the right to recover the course if they have been assessed in all the activities, the weight of which is at least 2/3 of the total qualification of the course.
In order to be eligible for the make-up, students must have obtained a final mark of 3.5 or more in both theory and practical. The recovery will consist of a theory test and the completion of an informative chronicle (20%), an interview (20%) and a report (30%) or the genre that has been suspended.
PLAGIARISM
In the event that the student carries out any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the quality of an assessment report, this assessment report will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be initiated. If there are several irregularities in the assessment acts of the same subject, the final mark for this subject will be 0.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information research, text correction or translations. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical review of how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The non-transparency of the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or higher penalties in serious cases.
IRREGULARITIES
The performance of any irregularity in an evaluation act (academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI, unless this use is expressly authorized by the teaching guide), which may lead to a significant variation in the grade, assumes that this act will be graded with a 0. In the event that the teaching guide foresees that in order to pass the subject it is an essential requirement to have obtained a minimum grade in this
evaluation act or that there are several irregularities in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade of this subject is 0. Apart from this, a disciplinary process may be instructed to the student that incurs any of these irregularities.
ASSISTANCE
Class attendance (theory and practical) is compulsory. If 70% of the classes are not attended, the coursewill be failed.
Bibliography
The course lectures will be established from the references listed below and from other references that will be communicated at the beginning of the course:
ANTÓN, J; CAPPARÓS, M; GUERRIERO, L, GONZÁLEZ, E (ed). (2017). Cada mesa un Vietnam (2017). Barcelona: Editorial Jotdown.
CAPOTE, T. (1981). Música para camaleones. Bruguera. Barcelona.
CARRIÓN, Jorge (2012) Mejor que ficción. Crónicas ejemplares. Barcelona: Anagrama.
CHILLÓN, A. (2017). “El concepto de ‘facción’: índole,alcance e incidencia en los estudios periodísticos y literarios”, a Cuadernos.info, núm. 40, pàg. 91-105.
CHILLÓN, A. (1999). Literatura y periodismo. Una tradición de relaciones promiscuas. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Bellaterra.
DÍAZ NOCI, J. (2004). “Los géneros ciberperiodísticos: una aproximación teórica a los cibertextos, sus elementos y su tipología”, a II Congreso Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital. Congrés celebrat a Santiago de Compostel·la, Espanya.
DUCH, L. i A. CHILLÓN (2012). Un ser de mediaciones. Antropología de la comunicación I. Barcelona: Herder.
GARCÍA BERRIO, A. i J. HUERTA CALVO (1992). Los géneros literarios: sistema e historia. Madrid: Cátedra.
GIRÓ, X. (2024). Contra la neutralitat. Un periodisme de pau i de lluita. Barcelona: Pol·len Edicions i Crític
LARRONDO, A. (2009). “La metamorfosis del reportaje en el ciberperiodismo: concepto y caracterización de un nuevo modelo narrativo”, a Comunicación y sociedad, vol. 22, núm. 2, pàg. 59-88.
NIETZSCHE, F. (2012). Sobre verdad y mentira en sentido extramoral y otros fragmentos de filosofía del conocimiento. Madrid: Tecnos.
RICOEUR, P. (1995). Tiempo y narración, I: Configuración del tiempo en el relato histórico. Ciutat de Mèxic: Siglo XXI.
RICOEUR, P. (2000). “Narratividad, fenomenología y hermenéutica”, a Análisi. Quaderns de comunicació i cultura, núm. 25, pàg. 189-207.
SIMÓN, P. (2025). Narrar el abismo. Madrid: En Debate
TALESE, Gay (2012) Vida de un escritor. Madrid: Alfaguara.
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VAN LEEUWEN, T. (2008). “News genres”, a R. Wodak i V. Koller (eds.), Handbook of Communication in the Public Sphere, pàg. 343-362. Berlín: Mouton de Gruyter.
VÁZQUEZ HERRERO, J. i X. LÓPEZ GARCÍA (2016). “Narrativas digitales y desarrollo social: análisis y caracterización de los géneros de no ficción interactiva”, a R. Mancinas Chávez (coord.), Actas del I Congreso Internacional Comunicación y Pensamiento: comunicracia y desarrollo social. Sevilla: Egregius.
VIDAL CASTELL, D. (2002). “La transformació de la teoria del periodisme: una crisi de paradigma?”, a Anàlisi. Quaderns de comunicació i cultura, núm. 28, pàg. 21-54.
VIDAL CASTELL, D. (2004). “Gèneres del discurs i innovació en el periodisme”, a Quaderns de filologia. Estudis de Comunicació, vol. II, pàg. 31-60
WALLACE, David F. (2011) Algo supuestamente divertido que nunca volveré a hacer. Barcelona: Random House Mondadori.
Recursos online
Frausto, S. (2014). “Cómo se edita una historia”, en http://cuadernosdobleraya.com/2013/12/16/como-se-edita-una-historia/.
Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano. Segundo encuentro de cronistas de Indias. Documento en línea en: http://nuevoscronistasdeindias.fnpi.org/el‒documento‒es‒el‒arte‒del‒futuro‒un‒repaso ‒al‒encuentro‒nuevos‒cronistas‒de‒indias‒2/ .
Barber, L. (2009). Why Journalism Matters, en http://www.mediastandardstrust.org/resources/mediaresearch/researchdetails.aspx?sid= 47075.
Software
No aplicable at this subject.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 2 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 11 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 12 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 13 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 21 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 22 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 23 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |