Journalism and New Media

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Open for students of Honours College tracks of all faculties of Leiden University

Course Description

When building bridges between science and society, academic language does not suffice. In the writing clinic that was designed for the Honours College FSW, you will learn to present complicated content in journalistic genres aimed at a wider audience.
In this clinic, you will select topics that are related to your theme. You will explore a variety of journalistic genres by writing an opinion article, an online news item, an interview and a background story. You are offered the possibility to develop your interviewing skills and contribute to editing your peers’ background stories.

The writing clinic adds a number of important skills to your competencies as Honours student: observing carefully and listen critically, choosing an interesting and creative angle for your story, telling a story in a clear and compelling way – keeping in mind the perspective of your audience. You also train in providing systematic feedback on your peers’ writing products.

Learning objectives

After successfully completing this clinic you are able to:

• Formulate a well-founded opinion in an accessible way

• Recognise the news value of scientific research and present it to a wider audience

• Edit your peers’ writing products

Language

English

Number of participants

Maximum: 20 participants

Location

The Hague

Study load for 3 EC (84 hours):

• 5 classes of 2 hours

• 4 assignments (opinion article, web news item, interview and background story), including preparation

• Peerfeedback

• Reading

Assessment

Opinion piece and article count once, the heaver assignments of the interview and background article count twice.

Schedule

English spoken:

Dutch spoken:

Registration

Registration via personal study plan.

Contact information

Drs. H.J. de Looper