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(Weekends Only)

Journalism as we know it is undergoing rapid transformation.  Rigid boundaries between media are crumbling, giving way to flexible, converging, interactive practices accross the board.  No doubt technology is at the heart of the changes.  But from the professional point of view, the challenges thrown up go beyond technical matters.  The new journalist is a new type of professional: multi-skilled, multi-tasking and savvy in the context of the knowledge economy.  But this new knowledge has to be built on solid unchanging principles of journalism: an eye for new, a critical, inquiring and investigative mind, communicative audience-focused competence, ethics and social responsibility.  This certificate course addresses these issues and sundry others using an innovative approach.

Objective

• To provide foundational professional education in journalism.
• To inculcate the creative art and technical craft of journalism.
• To impart scientific principles and methods in journalism.
• Impart skillsand competencies in best practices in the new journalism.

Programme Structure
This course particularly targets young professionals with no satisfactory previous journalism training acceptable to the NUJ, or those who are aiming to enter the profession.  The course is structured in a way that allows professionals to combine work and training easily.  Personal contact days are reserved strictly for weekends, and the course relies considerably on project work and exercises, using new media platforms for delivery.  Streaming is minimal however, since the expected outcome is across-the-board competence in best practice of news media.

Modules

• Introduction to theories of media and communication
• Principles and practices of convergence.
• Elements of news reporting and writing
• Sub-editing and presentation skills
• Interviewing and profiling
• Investigative journalism
• Specialization in news reporting (Beat reporting)
• Reporting and writing for radio, tv and internet
• News bulletin production for radio, tv and internet
• Features writing and production in print, radio and tv
• Newsroom management in a digital world
• Media law and ethics

For Whom

1. Professional journalists in all media
2. All those who want to join the journalistic profession

Dates
April 19  - August 7, 2010

Course Fee
N220,000 per participant
(Fee covers all course materials, tea and lunch)


Venue
School of Media and Communication
Pan-African University,
2, Ahmed Onibudo Street, Victoria Island Campus,
Lagos.

Enquiries
Call Doris on 08058127207, 01-8967462 or Juliet on 08027484615

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