ENSb1281 Environmental Journalism

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vojtěch Pelikán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vít Kouřil (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 P24b
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! ENS281 Environmental Journalism &&!NOW( ENS281 Environmental Journalism )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on embracing of basic journalistic skills in context of theory of environmental media. Students will gain general knowledge of media landscape's environmental segment. They will become familiar with the basic journalistic genres. Students will also learn how to present their environmental research in popular form and they will elaborate their own media outupts, which will be provided with individual feedback.
Learning outcomes
Course participants will be able to:
- orient themselves in a segment of "green media"
- analyze media messages on environmental topic from theoretical perspective
- distinguish between scientific and popular texts
- distinguish between basic journalistic genres
- find and utilize relevant sources of information
- choose an environmentally-relevant topic to write about
- write journalistic article on environmental topic
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the labyrinth of (eco)media
  • 2. Map of green media in the Czech Republic and worldwide
  • 3. Environmental issues in the big media
  • 4. News coverage and its basic genres
  • 5. Science Writing; scientific vs. popular text
  • 6. Topic selection and sources of information
  • 7. Structure and style of journalistic article; publishing process
  • 8. Interview
  • 9. Reportage
  • 10. Investigative & analytic approach
  • 11. Commentary, gloss, collumn
  • 12. Data journalism
Literature
  • A field guide for science writers. Edited by Deborah Blum - Mary Knudson - Robin Marantz Henig. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, xiv, 321 p. ISBN 9780195174991. info
  • FROME, Michael. Green ink : an introduction to environmental journalism. Salt Lake City: University of Utah press, 1998, xvi, 204. ISBN 0874805821. info
Teaching methods
- lectures - elaboration of individual tasks - individual feedback - presentations by professional journalists - reading of required literature
Assessment methods
Elaboration of partial and final tasks
Attendance (max 3 absence hours)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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