course outline : NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING

1: INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MEDIA 

1: major news agencies of the world
2: major news papers of the world
3: major tv news channels of the world

2: THE NEWS AND ITS DEFINITION

1:what is news ? Definition of news?
2: The elements of news writing
3: qualities or values of the news
4: elements vs qualities
5:soft and hard news

3: working of the newsroom

1: introduction to the news room
2: structure of the newsroom
3: how newsroom/operations
4: sources of news  and information of the newsroom

4: Media Terms (terms used in mass media)

5: DEALING AND INERACTING WITH THE SOURCES

1: importance of news source for journalist/reporters
2: how to develop and protect sources in reorting
3: how reporters work and gather information for their news stories
4: qaulities and responsibilities of the good reporter

6:WRITING THE NEWS STORY OR STRUCTURE OF NEWS STORY

1:what is intro ? how to write good intro?
2: 5ws and one H and their importance in news writing
3: complete structure of a news story
4: inverted pyramid style of news writing

7: TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES IN THE NEWS

1: importance of translation in news
2: principles of translation
3: exercises urdu into english and english into urdu

8: WRITING DIFFERENT TYPES OF NEWS STORIES
1:what is curtain raiser ? how to write a good curtain raiser
2: covering and writing  News conference
3: covering and writing speeches based news story
4: how to cover major incidents /disaster accidents  and terror incidents

Mid Term Exams

9: NEWS INTERVIEWS

1: importance of news interviews in the news media
2: kinds or types of interviews
3: Essentials for conducting an interview
4:writing an interview based news based story

Beat reporting

10: PRESIDENTIAL REPORTING

1:introduction to the office of the president
2: major activities of the president
3: sources of the news

11:COVERING AND REPORTING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PRIME MINISTER

 1: introduction to the office of the PM
2: activities of the PM
a: as a leader of the house  {parliment }
b: as head of the government
3: sources of the news

12 : POLITICAL REPORTING

1: defining politics and major areas in political reporting
2: major political acivities and how to cover including elections
3: sources of political reporting
4: writing political stories
5: key words used in politics

13: PARLIMENTARY REPORTING

1: parliment and its importance and working /functions
2: major areas in parlimentary reporting
a: inside house proceedings
b: outside the house but with in parliment
3: sources of parlimentary news
4: writing parlimentary stories
5: key parlimnetary terms

14 : DEFENCE AND MILITRY REPORTING

1: introduction to pakistan defence system (Defence ministry ARmy)
2: major areas in defence and military reporting
A: war reporting
B: peace time defence reporting
C: key words used in military reporting

15: BUSINESS FINANCE AND COMMERCE REPORTING 

1: what is business and commerce reporting and major areas
2: source of news
3: writing the story
4: key words in the business reporting

16: DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS  REPORTING 

1: major areas in diplomatic and foreign affairs  reporting
2:sources of news
3: writing the story
4: key diplomatic words

17 : INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING 

1:introduction and importance of investigative reporting
2: information sources of investigative reporters
3: obstacles in investigative journalism
4: writing the story

18: POLICE AND CRIME REPORTING

1: introduction and major areas in crime reporting
2: sources of news in crime reporting
3:writing the story