MAC 121: Introduction to news reporting & writing

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dc.contributor.authorNATIONAL Open University of Nigeria
dc.contributor.authorCourse developed by Oloruntola Sunday
dc.contributor.authorCourse edited by Josef Belmolokwu
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-15T13:56:18Z
dc.date.available2025-09-15T13:56:18Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionMAC 121, ‘Introduction to news writing and reporting’, aims to give you an understanding of the role of the journalist in the society, attributes of a reporter and an understanding of how to report for both the print and broadcast media.
dc.description.abstract• Role of the journalist in society. • The reporter and his attributes. • Gathering the news. • Theories of the press. • Print journalism. • News and components of news. • Writing for newspaper: the lead. • The body. • Covering speeches, meetings and news conferences. • Broadcast journalism. • Broadcast style book. • Preparing broadcast copy. • Interviewing. • Online journalism. • What is the net?. • Computer-assisted journalism. • Legal pitfalls on the internet. • The journalist and the law. • Regulation and press freedom. • Disclosure of source of information. • Contempt of court. • The ethical journalist. • Ethics and journalism. • Codes of journalistic ethics. • Ethical issues and enforcement of ethics in Nigerian journalism. • Writing for advertising and public relations. • Writing advert copy unit 2 public relations writing.
dc.identifier.citationhttps://nou.edu.ng/coursewarecontent/MAC%20121.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://nou.edu.ng/coursewarecontent/MAC%20121.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2219
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAbuja: (National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters University Village Plot 91, Cadastral Zone, Nnamdi Azikwe Expressway Jabi): National Open University of Nigeria press,
dc.titleMAC 121: Introduction to news reporting & writing
dc.typeBook
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