This course focuses on the theory and practice of storytelling where students will learn how to produce polished stories across multiple platforms. The course starts by revisiting core concepts, such as news values, narrative structures and the effect of news routines on story selection, in order to assist students to critique their own work and position its quality. Students will be exposed to exemplary journalistic and storytelling practices in terms of finding, putting together and presenting stories across multiple platforms including audio, video, web and mobile networks. They will explore ways of monetising content and experiment with the techniques of visual storytelling, constructing content for different audiences and platforms as well as exploring ways to build new or extend audiences using social media, interactivity, and other methods.
Bull, A. (2010). Multimedia journalism: a practical guide. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge. Call Number: PN 4775 .B85 2016 |
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Kolodzy, J. (2012). Practicing convergence journalism: an introduction to cross-media storytelling. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge. Call Number: PN 4784.O62 .K65 2013 |
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Mabweazara, H. W., Mudhai, O. F., & Whittaker, J. (2015). Online journalism in Africa: trends, practices and emerging cultures. New York: Routledge. Call Number: PN 4784.O62 .O55 2014 |
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Machin, D. and Polzer, L. (2015). Visual journalism. Palgrave MacMillan. |
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Pavlik, J.V. (2012). Media in the digital age. New York: Columbia University Press. Call Number: HM 851 .P38 2008
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Westlund, O. (2012) Mobile news: a review and model of journalism in an age of mobile media. Digital Journalism, 1:1, 6-26. |
Erjavec, K. & Zajc, J. (2011). A historical overview of approaches to journalism studies. Media Research, 17:1-2 December. |
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Mabweazara, H. (Ed.) (2015). Digital technologies and the evolving African newsroom: towards an African digital journalism epistemology. New York: Routledge. Call Number: PN 4784.O62 .D55 2015 |
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