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Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes
The emergency of innovative tool, ChatGPT , has the potential to revolutionize the way we access, understand, and engage with news, and its impact on the future of journalism is undeniable.
At the juncture of unprecedent change, shall the traditional teaching and learning English-language News Reporting and Writing be necessary for teachers and students? Some students may be hesitant to select the course. To answer the one-million-dollar question, all major studies indicated that ChatGPT will not replace teachers for various reasons, such as AI is still premature in handing human interactions and obvious mistakes of inappropriate content, a lack of understanding of context and a general lack of veracity.
With that in mind, we firmly believe that News Reporting and writing is irreplaceable for all students major in journalism. Then comes the second question, why bother to take extra courses of English-language reporting and writing, since we had already taken class after class of news writing and reporting in Chinese.
Other than language itself, due to difference concept and working model, the writing styles of Taiwan and Western countries are not totally identical.
In addition, the ever-changing digital technology and the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic upending news media landscape and ecology and pose extreme challenges to students in J school, traditional academic teaching is inadequate to equip students to cope with the daunting tasks they will take in the future.
“Learning by doing” is the motto of the class.
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Good preparation for class, full participation, completion and high quality of all assignments and projects, active engagement and interaction with teacher and classmates. Independent and critical mind and articulate presentations are required.
Midterm and final exam 50%
Weekly assignments 20%
Current affairs knowledge and common sense 15%
Attendance and participation 15%
Material prepared by the lecturer along with these reference materials listed below:
Bass, Frank. The Associated Press Guide to Internet Research & Reporting. Massachusetts: Perseus Publishing, 2001.
Cappon, Rene J. The Associate Press Guide to News Writing. 2nd edition. Connecticut: Thomas Learning Inc., 1991.
Christian, Darrel., et al. The Associate Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law 2009. New York: Basic Book, 2009.
Felder, Fred, et al. Reporting for the Media. 8th edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Fox, Walter. Writing the News: A Guide for Print Journalism. Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1993.
Hart, Jack R. A Writer's Coach: An Editor's Guide to Words That Work. New York: Pantheon Book, 2006.
Ireton, Cherilyn and Posetti, Julie. Journalism, Fake News & Disinformation: Handbook for Journalism Education and Training. UNESCO, 2018
Kovach, Bill and Rosenstiel, Tom. The Elements of Journalism. N.Y.: Three River Press, 2007.
Lippman, Thomas, et al. The Washington Post Desk-book on Style. Washington D.C.: The Washington Post Company, 1989.
Scanlan, Christopher. Reporting and Writing: Basics for the 21th Century. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Schwartz, Jerry. The Associate Press Reporting Handbook. New York: The Associate Press, 2002.
All major news media and network websites (CNN, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post), official websites of government agencies, such as White House, State Department of the United States, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan.