Post on 30-Dec-2015
Training Camp for a Training Camp for a JournalistJournalist
Course Ⅰ: Job Description
Course Ⅱ: Equipment
Course Ⅲ: Working diagram
Course Ⅳ: Required qualities & Special skills
Course Ⅴ: A simulated test
Course Ⅰ: Job DescriptionCourse Ⅰ: Job Description Different types of jobs involve different works. If you are going to work as a journalist / reporter, what do you think it involves?
Interview people or find out some interesting events forthe readers.
In order to produce a piece of news, is a reporterenough to do all the work? Apart from the journalist, can you describe some other jobs in making a news?
Photographer; editor; printer; designer; … etc. TEAM WORK
Course Ⅱ: EquipmentCourse Ⅱ: Equipment
A workman must first sharper his tools if he
is to do his work well. Here is a list of things I prepared for you. You’re
going to choose those which you think are necessary
for a journalist and try to give some reasons for your
choice.pen; notebook; recorder; DC/traditional camera;sports shoes; cars; umbrella; medicine; map; water; computer; cell phone;
Complete the diagram which shows how a Complete the diagram which shows how a newspaper is made. newspaper is made.
1. The __________ holds a meeting.2. ____________ interview people and write stories.3. ____________ take ____________.4. ___________ are quickly developed.5. Editors _______ the reports.6. Editors write the __________.7. The newspapers are ___________.8. The newspapers are __________ by train and truck.
printed; photographs; headlines; chief editor; journalists; delivered; check; photographers
printed
chief editorJournalists
Photographers photographsPhotographs
checkheadlines
delivered
Course Ⅳ: Required qualities Special skills
Higher level of education
Work experience
Good communication skills
Curious, active personality
Hard-working
Enthusiasm for the job
… …
True or false questions:
1. As a freshman, you can go out on a story right away.
2. You have to take a camera with you all the time.
3. To be curious is very important to a reporter.
4. In order to be a successful reporter we should be
able to judge whether a information is true or not.
5. Listening is more important than asking questions.
6. There’s no need to take notes if we have a recorder.
Course Ⅳ: Required qualities & Special skills
Course Ⅵ: A simulated testCourse Ⅵ: A simulated test
In order to know whether you’ve known thekey points of being a good journalist, here I prepared several cases for you as a simulated test. I’d like you to form groups of 4~6 and choose one of them to produce your news.