Delivered at:: Institute of Media

Course type:: Elective course

When:: 2 year, 3 module

Instructor

Dmitriev, Oleg A.

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Abstract

The objective of this course is to give students an opportunity to get acquainted with the foundations of writing multimedia texts in English. Special attention will be paid to various types of texts — lead-in, captions, titles, briefs, short TV items (voiceovers), reports, teases for TV and Internet, etc. The students of the course will also have a chanсe to get acquainted with the way the texts are manifested in various multimedia outlets all over the world. During the course the students will also meet jounalists who use Enlish in their everyday work. That will enlarge their scope of knowledge about the profession of the journalist. At the end of the course the students will present final work in the from of a website page or a television report.

Master’s Programme 'Contemporary Journalism'

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How to Write News Stories in English

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