1. Writing, Editing & Publishing
Semester /2018
SUBJECT:
Writing, Editing & Publishing
CODE:
KOM5517
CREDIT:
(3+0)
BY:
Dr. Akmar Hayati Ahmad Ghazali

2. Objectives By the end of this course, students are able to:-
Apply journalistic writing styles effectively for print media.
Develop effective journalistic messages suited to different audiences.
Plan journalistic writing relevant to current issues and developments.

3. Synopsis
This course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of journalistic writing, editing and publishing; writing for print media; readability index measurement; news, feature and review writing; picture selection; caption writing; editing styles; legal and ethical issues in editing; publishing technology’ copyright and electronic publishing.

4. Content (Lectures) First Meeting : Introduction to the course
Unit 1: Writing for print media
Unit 2: News & feature writing
Unit 3: Caption writing
Second Meeting: Unit 4: News sources
Unit 5: Editing styles
Unit 6: Copyright
Third Meeting: Unit 7: Readability index measurement
Unit 8: Publishing technology
Unit 9: Legal and ethical issues in Publishing

5. Course Evaluation Assignment 1 10% Assignment 2 30% Take home test 30%
Final exam %
Total %

6. Assignment 1: 10%
The general purpose of any proposal is to persuade your readers. Write a good proposal about any issues that you want to focus on. Every great proposal must have: -
Introduction
The issue/problem
Your plan to find the information (: an interview, survey)

7. Format: One page ONLY Font Arial (12 size ) and 1.5 spacing

8. Dateline for Assignment 1:
on or before 2 October 2017 (Monday). Please me before you sent it to UPMET.

9. Assignment 2: 30%
Based on the information in your proposal, write an interesting, concise, current and complete news. The news must contain the following format:
Title
Byline
Placeline
Lead
Body
Conclusion
Photo & caption

10. Format: 10 PARAGRAPH Font Arial (12 size) and 1.5 spacing.

11. Dateline for Assignment 2: on or before 6 November 2017 (Monday).

12. Take Home test (30%)
The best way to develop an understanding of the way news articles are written is to read the news. The articles in the newspaper will expose you to the language and format, or structure, of a well-written news article. Published news articles are not perfect, however, and sometimes contain mistakes, misquotes, or opinions. Using three news articles from the three newspapers (The Star, Utusan Malaysia and New Straits Time), complete the following chart. (Some articles may not contain all the elements.)

13. Headline:
By line:
Subject Matter: example: business/politic/crime/economic/humanity
Target Audience: example: adult/kids/politician/
Types of Lead: Give your comments and opinion, it is a good lead, if yes/no, why
Eyewitness Quotes:
Other Supporting Evidence:
Embedded Biases/Opinions:
Misprints/Errors:
Types of conclusion/ending: Give your comments and opinion, it is a good ending, if yes/no, why

14. Dateline for Take Home test: on or before 20 October 2017 (Friday).

15. Final exam 1. Questions are based on Unit 4 until Unit 9 2. Format :
2.2 In essay form
2.3 Evaluation (30%)

16.
Room: Blok B (B119)
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