Topic outline

  • Radio Journalism

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    Welcome to the Course

    RADIO JOURNALISM



    Profile
    Instructor:
    Anayetur Rahaman
    Lecturer, Dept of JMC 
    Email: anayetur.jmc@diu.edu.bd     (profile)


    Course Description

    The course is designed to help the students develop their both theoretical and practical knowledge on radio journalism. They will know different tools and features of radio technology and apply them for information gathering and news producing in this platform. 

    Course Objectives

    At the end of the course, the students will be able to develop necessary skills needed to do journalism for radio. They will know how to use and apply different radio technology for the purpose of radio journalism. They will understand differences between radio and other platforms of journalism, and thus apply the skills as needed for successful radio news production and presentation.


    Instructor's Note 


    I welcome you all to the course Radio Journalism. This is a course to develop journalistic skills for radio platform. For this course, you have to assume that you are a working radio journalist. What radio journalists do for news will be our activities in this course. We will learn what are the differences between radio and other platforms. We also learn what skills are needed and what techniques are applied to gather information for radio. We will also learn how to organize information and produce news stories and other programmes. I wish you all the best! :) 


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    Lesson 01

    What is Radio Journalism



    Lesson Objective

    The lesson aims to introduce the students to radio journalism. It will differentiate between different media platforms and radio. It will also discuss some of basics of radio journalism to give students some introductory concepts of this journalistic format.

    Lesson outcome

    After the lesson, the students will be expected to have an introductory and basic knowledge about radio journalism and its differences with other media. They will also expect to articulate some essential features of radio journalism.

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    Lesson 02

    History of Radio Journalism


    Lesson Objective

    The lesson aims to discuss origin and development of radio  and radio journalism. This will explore the periods WW1 and WW2. The lesson will discuss development of radio journalism and emergence of private stations in Bangladesh. This will also discuss the contribution of radio programmes during the War of Liberation of Bangladesh. 

    Lesson outcome

    At the end of the lesson, the students will expect have a elaborate knowledge about the development of radio journalism. They will also articulate the history of radio broadcast in Bangladesh. They will also be able to know about different radio programmes which played a significant role in Bangladesh's Liberation War.    

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    Lesson 3

    Writing Radio Scripts


    Lesson objective

    The lesson is aimed at teaching principles of radio writing. This will discuss the differences between newspapers and radio broadcast in writing. The lesson will explore the ways to write effective radio scripts following essential principles and techniques. 

    Lesson outcome

    At the end of the lesson, the students will be able understand the differences between written texts and conversational style of language. They will be expected to write scripts, especially news stories, for radio reports and bulletin. 

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    FIRST QUIZ

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      MIDTERM EXAM

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        Lesson 4

        Reporting for Radio


        Objective:

        The lesson will discuss about the techniques of reporting for radio. It will show how to write script for a radio report and presentation style. The lesson will also time, languages and tools of radio report.   

        Outcome

        At the end of the lesson, the students will understand how to collect information, prepare and write a report for radio. The students will learn the management of time in report and use of appropriate words. 


      • LAB

        LAB WORK

        • Assignment 1
          View Make a submission

          Record a news bulleting for 3/4 minutes and submit the mp3 audio file [Marks 5]

        • Assignment 2
          View Make a submission

          Prepare report radio from newspaper and record it in your own voice as a reporter. Submit the mp3 file. [Marks 5]

        • Assignment 3
          View Make a submission

          Take an interview of your peer in Google meet. Ask him/her 5-7 questions on any issues you think others will want to know. Submit the recording here. (Marks 10)

      • Radio Interview

        Lesson 05

        Interview for Radio




        Objective:

        The lesson will discuss about the interview on radio. It will explore the techniques and topics of radio interview. The lesson will refer to different radio interviews and discuss them in the class. This will also make students take interviews. 

        Outcome:
        After the lesson, the students know the necessary skills needed to for radio interviews. They can also host radio interviews.

      • Quiz

        SECOND QUIZ



        • Quiz

          THIRD QUIZ


          • Assignment

            Assignment


            Submit a recorded bulletin or a radio report of you (Not the same ones you did for lab work. Do a new one for this work)

            • Presentation

              Presentation


              Prepare a video presentation 3-5 mins on any of your work done for this course. Tell what was your work (It could be bulletin or a report). And what matters were in your work.

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                FINAL EXAM


                4 Questions including a mandatory one question (total 4) need to be answered 


                Topics

                1. Current state of Radio journalism in Bangladesh (help)

                2. Radio in the digital age and Internet (help)

                3. Skills for presentation on radio (help)

                4. Things to remember while writing for radio (help: Writing for Radio-Ch 2)

                5. Mandatory question: Preparing and recording a 5 minute radio bulletin

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                  LAB