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Buenos Aires

Liberal Arts, Language and Culture - Year 1 2008
Expression in Journalism 1

28
Language Level: Advanced
Expression in Journalism 1
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Course taken with: Primarily Local Students
University of El Salvador (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Course Description

Hours & Credits

28

Hours of Instruction

1

Semester Credit Units

2

Quarter Credit Units

Prerequisites and Language Level

Advanced
Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish at their home university in the U.S.

Overview

Morphological categories of language. Constructions. Proposals. Creations, etc. Level of language use. The literary genres referenced for informative journalism. News, chronicle, comment: structure. Harvesting of data: procedure and evaluation of sources. The interview, editing of notes. Types of structures in written journalism . Loose, comment, note. Work plan for preparation of journalistic reports. Editorial politics. Forms of editing. Effects on the readers. Use of materials by news agencies and their method of work.