Radio

Journalism
Welcome

Abat Oliba CEU University

Professor C. Lamelo
2016-17

Welcome
Professor Carles Lamelo
clamelov@uao.es
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Classroom
Lectures: Main oor PC classroom
Workshops: Radio studio (Main oor)

Weekly classes
Friday from 4pm to 8pm
What are we going to do?
Listen dierent types of radio shows
InformaQve
Variety
Specialized
Featured
DramaQc
Music
Analyze dierent radio shows / content
United Kingdom
United States of America
Spain / Catalonia
What are we going to do?
The pracQce of Journalism
Daily quiz
Analysis of current aairs
Reinforce the theoreQcal concepts
Write and produce radio content
Speech pracQces / LocuQon skills
PracQcal case studies
Listen and analyze dierent radio shows
Record radio content
Individual and group exercises and projects.
How should our content be?
The pracQce of Journalism
ObjecQve
InteresQng to the audience
AnalyQc
Entertaining (If required)
CreaQve
Professional
Methodology
Radio Journalism
Seminars, workshops and lectures.
Dierent pracQces that simulate the profession.
It is very important
ParQcipate in class.
The capacity for teamwork and entrepreneurship.
You have to be up to date.
Pass the daily quiz.
Carry out the workshops.
Suggest acQviQes and discussion points.
Methodology
1st part of the class
Daily quiz.
Class discussions.
TheoreQcal concepts.
News reading.
Analyse and discuss about real radio shows.
Listen to several examples from UK and USA.
2nd part of the class
Radio producQon and scriptwriQng.
Work as a journalist in the newsroom.
3rd part of the class
Workshops in the radio studio
Homework
Listen to several radio shows.
Analyse current aairs.
Produce radio content.
Prepare workshops.
Read the required books.
Manage your team.
Required books
Reading exercises
21/04/2017 - PRACTICE
STOKER, BRAM Dracula. Hergordshire: Wordsworth Editors,
1993
28/04/2017 - EXAM
TABUCCHI, ANTONIO Pereira mantains. Edinburgh: Canongate
Books, 2011

Theore0cal book of the subject

STARKEY, GUY; CRISELL, ANDREW. Radio journalism. London:
Sage, 2009
Exercises and workshops
Exercise Delivery
deadline

o Report about poliQcs, economy or sports 24/02/2017

o Interview 10/03/2017
o Documentary about internaQonal aairs 17/03/2017
o Making commercials for a product / brand 24/03/2017
o Radio show I 31/03/2017
o Leisure radio show / Music Radio show 07/04/2017
o Radio show analysis 28/04/2017
o Reading exam (Pereira maintains) 28/04/2017
o Specialized radio show 12/05/2017
o News Program I 28/04/2017
o News Program II 05/07/2017
o Final radio show 19/05/2017
If you need to use the radio studio

Book in advance at the Audiovisual

Department of the University.
audiovisual@uao.es

Manage your Qme and your team.

Strive to be creaQve.

PracQce in your house with the

appropriate somware.
Audacity (freeware)
Adobe AudiQon
EvaluaQon system
Con:nuous Assessment is the educaQonal policy in which
students are examined conQnuously over most of the
duraQon of the subject.

The learning objec:ves will be evaluated according to the

following percentages of evaluaQon:

Individual projects: 20 %
Group projects: 20 %
Daily quiz: 20 %
Readings: 10 %
Wrioen nal exam: 30 %

The nal exam will be a mulQple choice quiz about current

aairs and theoreQcal concepts taught in class.
Academic contents
Radio produc:on
CharacterisQcs of the medium
Music, noise and voices
OperaQonal techniques
BroadcasQng hardware
The organizaQonal structure of a radio staQon
Producing a radio show
Radio journalism
Telling the story
WriQng radio news
ReporQng news for broadcasQng
Special events programming
Broadcas:ng sports
Interviewing for the radio
Newsreading and presenta:on
News programmes
Working as a correspondent
Documentary and feature programmes
Radio adver:sing
Music programming
Drama:c radio
Magazines and entertainment radio shows
The program schedule
Producing radio content
Managing your team
Specialized radio programmes
Radio programs to hear
Mainstream shows

Specialized

News, Interna:onal aairs and economy

Sports

Interviews

Drama

Documentary
Bring your own headphones!
 Contact with your teacher

Do not hesitate to ask any questions

Prof. C. Lamelo
clamelov@uao.es

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