World Wide JournalismWorld Wide JournalismToday:

Who are we? Round of presentationExpectations to this course My ideas for this course what do you think? Video: To be a journalist! Short presentation: The essence of journalismAssignment: Write – shorter is better

Round of presentations and Round of presentations and expectations expectations

Who are we?

Why are we here?

What I would like us to focus What I would like us to focus on:on:Journalism The basics

News stories news determinants, news angles, the inverted-pyramid, leads

Interview how to ask to get the best answer

Write well write like a journalist Different models for telling a story

What I would like us to focus What I would like us to focus on:on: New media new journalism

Which role do the media play today?User journalism social media and

blogs International media how are they

adapting?

What I would like us to focus What I would like us to focus on:on:Journalism as a tool Activism

How can journalism be used as a tool to change the world?

The use of journalism on the other side of the table the use of PR in companies and organizations

What I would like us to focus What I would like us to focus on:on:We are the media

Production of journalism We make our own magazine

Other possible topics:Other possible topics:Political Spin the story behind the

storyFeature writing journalism written

as fiction The power of the media in different

parts of the world different media systems

… WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Life as a journalist in Life as a journalist in NYNY

Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACmMweBwUS0

The Essence of Journalism The Essence of Journalism

Shorter is better

Be precise don’t write five words if two is enough to tell the story

To the point what is it you want people to know? Don’t write long leads without focus

Catchy headlines a good headline is half a story

Find the details that say it all

Six words say it all Six words say it all Ernest Hemmingway wrote this story and called it his best work:

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

How to write short How to write short

Avoid clichésKill your darlings DELETE!

Assignment 1 Assignment 1 Describe this picture using no more

than 100 wordsThe picture: Anti-government

protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo Feb. 11, 2011

Look for moods and details that tell the story show it don’t tell it!

Assignment 2 Assignment 2

Describe yourself as a person using no more than 100 words

We don’t need your life story, just important details that show us who you are

Asignmnet 3Asignmnet 3

Describe a room you know very well or a place here at Odder Højskole

The reader should be able to picture the room or place in details when you are done