ZUR144 Journalistic practice

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jaroslav Čuřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kristýna Bejčková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ZUR109 STISK - practice medium || ZUR141 IT for journalists &&(SMER(DIG)||SMER(ZUR))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course provides students with a significant opportunity to connect the previous theoretical courses and practically oriented seminars organised by the Department with the actual practice in real conditions.
In the course of a three-month internship in media (editorial boards of newspapers, Internet news portals, radio and television – in case of the specialisation of Journalism), or possibly in studios dealing with post-production, in advertising agencies or PR agencies (in cease of the specialisation of Digital Media), the aim is thus to familiarise students with everyday work in the selected profession. The students will become aware of everyday functioning of the specific editorial board, studio or advertising agency so that they could test their own skills and competences for performing the profession. Another aim is to allow the students to become “independent”, being able not only to fulfil the assigned task but also to come up with their own ideas.
In case of the Journalism specialisation, the course output will be author's news reporting and journalist materials published in the media where the students perform their internships. In case of the Digital Media specialisation, the output will be the work performed and used within those organisations where the students will perform their internship (e.g. post-production outputs).
In the course of the internship, the students will acquire detailed knowledge of the daily work routine in the specific organisation, learning to work “inside” the institution and in the field (provided that it is included in the institution's work). On the theoretical level, the students will gain, according to the institution's character, appropriate knowledge of not only the organisation itself, but also the functioning of companies, public administration, local authorities, and other public bodies and organisations at least on the district level. At the end of the internship, the student will be able to manage, without any serious difficulties, the complete work on the level of the given function within the specific institution. The course participants will gain and deepen not only practical skills and routine procedures, but their knowledge will also grow to another qualitative level with the help of reflection and confronting the theory and practice, which will significantly extend and enhance the possibilities of finding a vacancy after graduation and will substantially increase their competitiveness in comparison with those students who have not completed a similar cycle, linking the theory and practice (over an extended period of three months of everyday work in media and other institutions).
Syllabus
  • 1. Under the guarantor's management (employee of the organisation where the student will perform the internship), the student will familiarise in detail with everyday editorial, agency or company routine, with the institution's work, as well as with the activities performed within the function in which the student will be trained.
  • 2. Managing not only routine content and organisational affairs, but also technical knowledge and processes in the given organisation.
  • 3. Gradual fulfilment of not only assigned tasks but also (following an agreement with the internship guarantor) realisation of one's own ideas.
  • 4. Gradual managing of independent work not only within the organisation but also in the field (e.g. participating in press conferences, etc.).
  • 5. Final evaluation of student's work by the guarantor and possible guarantor's recommendations for improving student's work in the future.
  • Note: The internship may be performed only in the institution which will oblige to provide the student with the necessary conditions, i.e. a workplace, computer, etc., and will cover the expenses when the student is asked to work outside the office. In case of an institution with which the Department or the Faculty has not concluded a general agreement on internship performance, the student is required to arrange everything individually following a preliminary agreement with the lecturer.
  • In such case, the institution must oblige to provide the internship in the required extent and quality, to allow the lecturer's “inspection”, and after completing the internship, to submit to the lecture written evaluation of the internship in the requested scope.
Literature
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  • BROOKS, Brian. News reporting and writing. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999, xxiv, 579. ISBN 0312180195. info
  • BURNS, Lynette Sheridan. Žurnalistika : [praktická příručka pro novináře]. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 186 s. ISBN 8071788716. info
  • CAPPON, René J. The Associated Press guide to news writing. 3rd ed. Forest City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, 2000, vii, 136. ISBN 0028637550. info
  • CRAIG, Richard. Online journalism : reporting, writing, and editing for new media. Southbank, Victoria, Australia: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005, xiv, 284. ISBN 0534531466. info
  • MINÁŘOVÁ, Eva, Marie KRČMOVÁ, Jan CHLOUPEK and Marie ČECHOVÁ. Současná česká stylistika (Stylistics of the Contemporary Czech Language). 1st ed. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2003, 342 pp. none. ISBN 80-86642-00-3. info
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Teaching methods
Practical daily work in the selected news editorial boards (newspapers, radio or TV channels, or the Internet) with the daily operation, daily news outputs, and an editorial team, or in studios oriented on processing audiovisual outputs (e.g. post-production), and advertising agencies working with visual means of expression.
It is also possible to complete the internship as a web editor for web portals, etc. (DIG) The internship also includes individual consultations.
Assessment methods
The internship may be completed both in the Czech Republic and abroad. The internship lasts for 12 weeks (usually 8 hours per working day) in the periods determined by or agreed by the lecturer – there are three possible terms: spring, summer (students perform the internship during summer holidays, although formally they register the course in the autumn semester), and autumn. The course may be successfully completed only by those students who submit a sufficient amount of published materials (both quality and quantity are assessed) or who are otherwise able to substantiate their work performed for the selected institution and submit the guarantor's evaluation (e.g. editor-in-chief or head of department), in which the student's work will be considered at least as satisfactory. Another prerequisite for a successful completion of the course is participating in the seminar ZUR 314 (introductory seminar, mid-course seminar, and final seminar; for more details, see the syllabus of the ZUR 314 course). The internship may be recognised (in part or wholly) to those students who work or worked (not more than 5 years ago) for media in the extent corresponding to the above mentioned internship conditions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Podmínkou zápisu je absolvování všech povinných kurzů (A kredity) specializace Žurnalistika a Digitální média a zapsání povinně volitelného předmětu ZUR314 Seminář k žurnalistické praxi.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: redakce.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Tento předmět si zapisují jen studenti/ky specializace Žurnalistika (ZUR) počínaje imatrikulačním ročníkem 2004/2005 a studenti specializace Digitální média (DIG) počínaje imatrikulačním ročníkem 2008/2009.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/do/fss/ZUR/PRAXE/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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