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This is a course in basic journalism skills, designed for the many people who are now taking advantage of new media to publish news, views and information. For five hundred years, the privilege of being able to publish was enjoyed by very few people – those who had access to a printing press or a radio microphone or a television camera. Now, almost anyone can publish to the world within minutes of being able to do so. But is it journalism?
How does a citizen journalist find things out, so they can report facts and news - moving beyond merely braying opinion? And what are the legal and ethical pitfalls to publishing facts that some people might prefer remain secret?

Over six weeks, this course teaches the basics of news writing, how to interview people to gain crucial information, how to develop and manage your sources and how to use your legal rights to access public information - and stay on the right side of the law when you publish. We discuss the ethics behind journalism practice, and conduct a mock investigation into local government. This course aims to empower engaged citizens to better participate in the news ecology.

View the MOOC promotional video here: http://tinyurl.com/jj46rxw

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初級

完成時間大約為22 小時

英語（English）

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完成時間大約為22 小時

英語（English）

字幕：英語（English）

授課教師

Dr. Denis Muller

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Advancing Journalism

1,427 個學生

1 門課程

Dr. Margaret Simons

Associate Professor and Director

Centre for Advancing Journalism

1,427 個學生

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週

1

週 1

完成時間為 4 小時

What is a Journalist, and What is News?

This week we will discuss what journalism is, what journalists do, and how this has been affected over time by technology. We'll think about the exciting changes of our own time – the first in human history when the means of publication are in everyone's hands. We will then talk about the principles of news writing, and the nature of news. Finally, we will introduce Newstown, a fictitious place in Victoria, Australia. We also attend a news conference held in the Newstown Council Chambers. We will be using Newstown as the basis of our skills based exercises in this MOOC, so please take the time to become familiar with the town and its issues by following the link to Newstown in the course resources.

完成時間為 4 小時

7 個視頻（總計 64 分鐘）, 3 個閱讀材料, 3 個測驗

7 個視頻

Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens - overview3分鐘

Course introduction5分鐘

1.1 What is a journalist? Part A12分鐘

1.2 What is a journalist? Part B14分鐘

1.3 Principles of good news writing15分鐘

1.4 What is news?8分鐘

1.5 Newstown media conference4分鐘

3 個閱讀材料

Welcome to Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens10分鐘

Week 1 outline10分鐘

Start of course survey10分鐘

2 個練習

Week 1 Newstown quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30分鐘

Active or passive sentences quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30分鐘

週

2

週 2

完成時間為 2 小時

Attribution, Verification and the Structure of News Writing

This week we discuss some more core skills of journalism, particularly the very important concepts of attribution of information, and verification. We explore the structure of news writing in some more detail. Finally, make sure you take a close look at the Newstown site, and keep looking at it from now on as the course develops. Some new information has been posted that you will need to use in this week's first assessable news writing exercise.

完成時間為 2 小時

4 個視頻（總計 31 分鐘）, 1 個閱讀材料, 2 個測驗

週

3

週 3

完成時間為 1 小時

Finding Things Out: Places, Paper and People

This week we discuss some more core skills of journalism, particularly the very important concepts of attribution of information, and verification. We explore the structure of news writing in some more detail. Finally, make sure you take a close look at the Newstown site, and keep looking at it from now on as the course develops. Some new information has been posted that you will need to use in this week's first assessable news writing exercise.

完成時間為 1 小時

6 個視頻（總計 49 分鐘）, 1 個閱讀材料, 1 個測驗

6 個視頻

3.1 Finding things out10分鐘

3.2 Finding things out: More about places and paper4分鐘

3.3 Freedom of Information14分鐘

3.4 Finding things out: People – interviews5分鐘

3.5 Deception and consent12分鐘

3.6 Summary and learning activity 51

1 個閱讀材料

Week 3 outline10分鐘

1 個練習

Week 3 ‘Finding things out’ quiz - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30分鐘

週

4

週 4

完成時間為 6 小時

More on Interviews

This week we delve further into the art of interviewing, and watch and discuss some good and bad examples involving the key characters in Newstown.

完成時間為 6 小時

12 個視頻（總計 96 分鐘）, 1 個閱讀材料, 2 個測驗

12 個視頻

4.1 Finding things out: Interviews12分鐘

4.2 Dealing with traumatised people13分鐘

4.3 Interview with the Mayor – a bad example 3分鐘

4.4 Interview with the Mayor – a good example11分鐘

4.5 Interview with the Developer – a bad example8分鐘

4.6 Interview with the Developer – a good example19分鐘

4.7 Interview with a Wildfire Victim – a bad example 1分鐘

4.8 Interview with a Wildfire Victim – a good example 4分鐘

4.9 Interview with a Conservationist – a bad example3分鐘

4.10 Interview with a Conservationist – a good example11分鐘

4.11 Telephone interview – a bad example 1分鐘

4.12 Telephone interview – a good example 5分鐘

1 個閱讀材料

Week 4 outline10分鐘

1 個練習

Week 4 quiz - Open and closed questions - This is a practice quiz and does not contribute to your final grade30分鐘

週

5

週 5

完成時間為 6 小時

Contacts and Confidential Sources; Applying the Skills and Organising Your Material

This week we explore the complications of dealing with off the record sources and long term contacts. We watch an encounter with a Newstown 'Deep Throat' and discuss how to handle the encounter and the information offered. Remember to check out the Newstown website for more information becoming available. We begin to pull all the threads of the Newstown story together, and apply the skills we have learned in the earlier modules of this course. We talk about how to read and analyse the public documents on the Newstown site, how to organise material, what questions to ask based on this material, and how to pull it all together into a story for The Alternative. We also provide you with an exemplar news report to give you some guidance for the final news writing assessment and how it might be done.

完成時間為 6 小時

4 個視頻（總計 36 分鐘）, 1 個閱讀材料, 2 個測驗

週

6

週 6

完成時間為 2 小時

Media Law and Impartiality; Wrapping Up the Course

This week we concentrate on two aspects of media law – defamation and contempt, and we consider the meaning of journalistic impartiality. We wrap up the course by revisiting the key principles of journalism and what we have learned. We also have a few things to say about the public nature of journalism, and how bruising that can be.

完成時間為 2 小時

5 個視頻（總計 71 分鐘）, 2 個閱讀材料, 1 個測驗

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4 stars
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2 stars
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由 MJ 提供2016年9月16日

such professional tutors, carefully chosen diction.

由 AS 提供2017年9月14日

Completed this course in September 2016 - very engaging and informative. I really enjoyed participating in this course.

由 MS 提供2016年10月25日

Well organized. Interactive. I felt like a journalist! Thank Margaret & Denis for organizing this course. Was such a pleasure to participate.

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