Sumários
Front page shocking images continued: oral reports on TEXTS 6 and 7.
9 Fevereiro 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Discussion of TEXT 6 "Don’t Look Away: Photojournalists Are Documenting the Brutality of Russia’s War in Ukraine" (Nieman Reports) and TEXT 7 "It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore." (The New York Times). Students' reports on these texts addressed the following questions:
- Sum up the main ideas in your text
- Choose 2/3 passages/excerpts that address relevant aspects and be prepared to explain why you think the passages are important
- Make connections to other articles, TV shows, films, experiences, etc.; give your own views on the topics under discussion in the text.
Front Page shocking images.
6 Fevereiro 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Preparing the discussion of five articles related to Front Page shocking images: (a) "Are newspapers correct to use such shocking images on their front pages?" (TEXT 3); (b) "Photo Editors' Notebook: What makes the image of Omran Daqneesh extraordinary?" (TEXT 4); (c) "Facebook back tracks to allow iconic Vietnam War photo of child napalm victims" (TEXT 5); d) “Don’t Look Away: Photojournalists Are Documenting the Brutality of Russia’s War in Ukraine” (TEXT 6); e) “It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore” (TEXT 7) - an email was sent to all students with instructions for this assignment.
The Front Page: the impact of words in the printed press. TED talk "Photos that changed the world" by Jonathan Klein.
2 Fevereiro 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Summing up the main features of the front page of tabloids and quality papers.
Reading and discussion of "How journalists write" (TEXT 1) and the HuffPost article "Refugee crisis media coverage highlights importance of words and how they are used" (TEXT 2).
Watching the TED talk "Photos that changed the world" by Jonathan Klein.
Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued.
30 Janeiro 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued: group reporting on the analysis of the front page of a British tabloid and a quality paper.
News terminology. The Front Page language features.
26 Janeiro 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
News terminology: The Guardian Front Page - skyline, masthead, headline, byline, standfirst, body text, standalone, caption, turn, edition dots, crosshead, etc. (see the Appended Materials section of the Workbook).
Analysing the front page of British popular and quality papers: deducing the stylistic features of the front page by comparing and contrasting the front page of a quality and a popular newspaper.
(a) Analysing the front pages of a pair of British newspapers - a quality paper vs a popular paper.
(b) Comparing and contrasting the two front pages by answering the questions on page 14 of the English for the Media Workbook transcribed below.
Choose what you think is the lead story on each of the front pages. Give reasons for your choice.
- What comments can you make about headline sizes and types on the two front pages?
- How are the front pages different from or similar to each other?
- Compare the number and size of advertisements and pictures, the amount of space given to national vs. international news, etc.
- What kind of news do editors think it worthy of the front page?
- Comment on the ways in which front-page editors tempt readers to buy the two papers.