1. Journalistic Writing - Orientation - Instructor: Jennifer H. Hsiang hsiangjh@ms13.hinet.net

2.  Introduction  The benefits you will get  Press  Why will we learn to write various news ?  What you will learn in 1st semester  What you will learn in 2nd semester  Evaluation & Grades  Source of news Journalistic Writing

3. Introduction Jennifer H. Hsiang 向慧芳  Bachelor - Journalism Dept. in CCU  M.A. – Business Dept. in NU  Journalist in an Evening News for 1.5 yrs  12 years in int’l business – Sales Manager, Marketing Manager, Special Assistant to the General Manager

4. Introduction Jennifer H. Hsiang 向慧芳  Teaching in Universities: Business Writing, Business Conversation, Journalistic Writing  Teaching in Continuous Education Center, Cram School, Internal Training for enterprises: TOEIC preparation class, e-mail writing, International Marketing, Letter of Credit practice,

5. Introduction  You will obviously learn about journalistic writing.  You will also learn, step by step, what it takes to write good breaking news and features.  Actually what I’ve included in this academic year course will teach you what you need to know in order to be a good journalist.  The Public Relations Dept. of big enterprises is also a good choice for you. However they only hire people who know what news media want and have good writing skills.

6. The benefit you will get The benefits you will get to take this course  Understand the newspaper you’re reading daily.  Be sensible to the news you’re explored.  Increase your writing ability.  Be able to think independently.  Helpful to your professional career. *  Build yourself a potential career as a reporter.

7. The benefit you will get The benefits you will get to take this course  To become a specialist in the fields you’re reporting and maybe a potential career you’ll switch to.  The terminologies you will learn to write different journalistic stories will help you in any English exam (ex. GEPT, TOEIC)

8. The benefit you will get  Helpful to your professional career - I would encourage people to learn journalistic writing because the writing skills you learn could be used in any fields. - Be brave enough to contact high rank people and arrange interviews. Also learn how to justify yourself if you’re refused.

9. The benefit you will get  Helpful to your professional career - The interviewing experience and class activities we do will help you pick out the key points in a long talk. This ability would certainly help you a lot. - If you do become a junior reporter, you will have a chance to know the top people in the field you are reporting which will explore yourself to a lot of successful experience and possible a different career.

10. The Press  Newspaper (= Paper = Journal)  Magazine  Broadcasting (Radio station)  Television  News Agency  Public Relations  Advertising

11. The Press  Newspaper – easier to get in  Magazine – easier to get in  Broadcasting – need some experience  News Agency – need very good writing skills

12. The Press  This course is aimed primarily at writing for print media because the skills you learn and use are required in any media-related job.  No matter what kinds of media you are working for, your writing needs to be clear, concise and accurate.

13. The Press  Unless you have a very strong background, most of the journalists start from working for a newspaper, not TV / Broadcaster  Most of the journalists use their first job to gain experience, then can move to a medium-sized newspaper or station and then to a major one. This way your working pressure is much less than working for a TV station.

14. The Press  Strengthen your writing skills – reporting needs to be aggressive and precise, and it must be based on careful research & interviewing. It makes no difference if it is a newspaper or a TV station.

15. The Press  Regardless of the medium for which you work, journalists must be able to - gather information find the most important elements put the story together

16. The Press  There is also a possibility that the writing ability you’re learning and practicing will help you in your future career – Ex. Public relations in an organization Advertising agent

17. What you will learn in 1 st semester  Orientation ( 上課內容, 評分方式, 新聞英文領域 )  What is “Journalistic Writing” 甚麼是新聞英文寫作  How to learn Journalistic Writing 如何學習新聞英文寫作  Lead paragraph 新聞稿的第一段  Body of the news 新聞稿的內容  Weather & Disasters 災難新聞  Sports News 体育新聞

18. What you will learn in 2 nd semester  Interviewing 新聞採訪  Feature 特稿  Police & Fire news 警消新聞  Crime & Court News 犯罪 & 法庭新聞  Government News 政治新聞  Business News & Specialties 商業新聞與專業新聞  Writing a Broadcast News 廣播與電視新聞稿

19. Improve Your Journalistic Writing Skills  Read English newspapers daily ( 每天讀一點英文的新聞 – 報紙, 網路, 電視 )  Practice typing skills – set 60WPM as your target speed. ( 請開始練英文打字 – 以一分鐘 60 個字為目標 – 非常重要 )  Read and study news from any news media – newspaper, broadcast news, TV news, news on internet and take good sentences for writing reference. ( 有時間多研讀各類新聞, 擷取好的句子來用 )  Put some “pleasure” into studying Journalistic English: Always reserve some of your “study” time just for fun. ( 最後, 就是所有的老師都會傳授你的一項秘訣 : “ 樂在學習 ” )

20. THE END 報告完畢  下課囉 !