- •Preface
- •B roadening the horizons Text 1 journalism is a hard life
- •Text 2 a journalist
- •When you think of a journalist, what comes to your mind?
- •Text 3 the personality of a journalist
- •Communication activities
- •How do you describe your character? Is it:
- •What do you feel about other people?
- •Работай увлеченно! (Заповедь № 1)
- •Работай планомерно! (Заповедь № 3)
- •Не мешать развитию событий! (Заповедь № 6)
- •Task 10
- •Task 11
- •Task 12 Read the following statements and quotations. Give your comments on them.
- •Achievement test Task 1
- •(13 Points) Task 3
- •Unit II the major discipline and its scope training and careers in journalism
- •Topic preview
- •Text 1 being a journalist
- •The national council
- •For the training of journalists.
- •A brief history
- •Comprehension Check
- •It’s important for any journalist to have good qualifications. Choose one of the following statements and be ready to speak about the necessity to be diligent in studies to be a success in life.
- •Imagine that you are to explain the steps and possibilities of education for future journalists. Make a short presentation to the rest of the group and answer the questions they may have.
- •Text 3 training for journalism in the uk
- •C ommunication activities
- •1. Prepare a presentation about the training of journalists in Belarus:
- •Imagine that you study in Great Britain as an exchange student. Tell your British group-mates how training of journalists is organized in Belarus.
- •Translation activities
- •A chievement test
- •The qualities and qualifications of a journalist
- •R eading
- •Text 1 work of a foreign correspondent
- •Text 2 what makes a good journalist?
- •Grammar in use
- •W riting
- •1. Read the text below about the work of a journalist and ask all kinds of questions on the text. Write them down.
- •2. Write a list of words and expressions you would memorize and use in the further discussions in class about the profession of a journalist.
- •Brief overview of the 10 essay writing steps Below are brief summaries of each of the ten steps to writing an essay.
- •Harvard, Leadership through Dedication
- •Unit II the major discipline and its scope training and careers in journalism
- •Reinforcing and expanding vocabulary
- •Distance learning an introduction to nctj distance learning courses
- •Text 3 train as a journalist – some careers advice
- •G rammar in use
- •Task 2 Study the reference material and examples to do the exercises, which follow.
- •При преобразовании из действительного залога в страдательный:
- •I read newspapers in the evening.
- •I can’t answer your question
- •Grammar test Task 1
- •W riting
- •Underline errors of spelling, logic and punctuation. Names and numbers are correct
- •Journalism's first obligation is to tell the truth
- •Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover
- •It must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant
- •It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional
- •Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience
- •Part III
- •Supplementary reading
- •Journnalism is an important job
- •Text 2 why I became a journalist
- •Introduction
- •Text 3 types of journalism
- •Text 4 starting out
- •Text 5 work in local & national newspapers
- •Text 6 freelancing and casual work
- •Text 7 career development
- •Text 8 so why did you become a journalist?
- •Text 9 why journalism isn‘t a profession
- •Text 10 nctj logbook launched
- •Text 14 being a television reporter
- •Picking your exam subjects
- •Text 15 ten top tips for successful freelancing
- •What does a journalist do?
- •Text 16 the nctj
- •Text 17 the code of conduct sets out the union's policy with regard to the ethics and
- •Values of journalism
- •Text 1 work of a foreign correspondent
- •Text 2 what makes a good journalist?
- •Grammar in use
- •Unit II the major discipline and its scope training and careers in journalism
- •Text 3 train as a journlaist – some careers advice Task 1
- •Task 4.
- •Glossary
- •Bibliography and primary resourses
Picking your exam subjects
I'm 14 years old and I'm picking my exam subjects. What will be useful in my chosen career as a journalist? Should I pick history or geography?
I don't think subject choices at 14 will make a big difference to your career given the constraints put upon choices by schools. A good English result is extremely helpful and often necessary and some humanities subjects (geography, history) help to show that someone can handle abstract ideas and write about them. But there are plenty of jobs in technical magazines and newspapers writing about science and technology and foreign languages are an asset when researching most industries. If schools are the same now as they were when I was choosing (admittedly some time ago), they'll force students to have a mix of science, humanities and languages and will require English and maths.
Unless you have a very clear idea of what you want to write about (and it's better to keep your options open), any set of reasonable results should do fine at this stage and open lots of doors for a variety of journalism jobs further down the line. Most publishers will require you to do a degree or journalism training after school, but they won't mind what your subjects are. You should be able to get a good result at English language, but that doesn't mean you actually have to do it to prove it.
Pick subjects you enjoy or have a natural talent for, keeping in mind that you'll need to study some in much more detail later (possibly to degree level).
Look out for opportunities to get work experience in journalism (this might require some initiative organizing your own work experience during the school's work experience week if the school doesn't have suitable links with local publishers). Experience counts for more than education in journalism usually when there's competition for a job. Applicants often have the same qualifications but will have done different things with their spare time to show a commitment to the job. That's what makes the difference.
This is an excerpt from the e-book 'Journalism Careers: Your questions answered' by Sean McManus. These excerpts have been chosen for their relevance to school students. The whole e-book includes advice on picking university courses, vocational training, and how to succeed as a freelancer. It's equally suitable for students planning their future career and mid-life career changers looking to make a move now.
Text 15 ten top tips for successful freelancing
Book cover: Journalism Uncovered This article was written by Sean McManus for the latest edition of Journalism Uncovered by Emma Caprez. Journalism Uncovered outlines journalism as a career and includes interviews with journalists working in different sections of the media at varying levels of seniority.
The e-book Journalism Careers - Your questions answered by Sean McManus includes lots more tips on generating article ideas, why editors reject them and how to make sure yours succeed.
1. Contact editors directly – editors won't come and find you, you have to find them. For an immediate response, call them.
2. Pitch ideas, not expertise – editors don't hire writers. They buy articles. Demonstrate your knowledge by pitching fresh, well-targeted story ideas to them.
3. Differentiate yourself – make sure you know why you're the best person to write the story you're pitching.
4. Be business-like - agree fees, copyright and payment terms in advance. Invoice promptly.
5. Meet deadlines – an average article received on time is more useful to editors than a dazzling article that's late.
6. Specialize – develop an area of expertise to write about and build your reputation there.
7. Network at trade shows – find the innovators and thinkers who can tip you off about the next big thing. Meet the magazine editors too.
8. Learn additional skills – study photography so you can sell pictures with your articles. Learn website design so you can sell articles ready for online publication. Learn to sub-edit and proofread so your articles are of higher quality.
9. Read – read your target publications so you can understand their style and then mimic it. Read as widely as possible to inspire new story ideas.
10. Unite – join a journalism union or other support organization to tap into expert advice and support if things go wrong