Curricular Unit:			Code:
Radio Laboratory			774LRAD
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Communication Sciences	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
1. To provide students with the skills to select, write and digitally edit news, in accordance with the language and the style suitable for the radio. 2. To promote the development of soft skills know-how regarding the language of radio informative genres. At the end of the semester, students should be able to: a) Prepar and plan news before heading out to the field; b) Gather information from sources, using appropriate techniques and equipment; c) Set the newsworthiness of the events understanding the importance of the adaptation of the angle and of the subjetc to the radio; d) Understand the concept of creativity in rajiojournalism;. e) Use digital radio equipment, to edit and to trear sound (audio).
Syllabus:
Write to be heard. From sound capture to the construction of radiojornalístic text. News, interviews and news reporting on the radio.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
All contents are oriented to the acquisition of techniques for radiojournalism expression and to the acquisition of skills related to sound capture and audio editing.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The teaching-learning strategy is theoretical and practical and laboratorial and are intended to simulate the environment of a radio newsroom. The evaluation is done on an ongoing basis through: a) a written test at the end of the semester (50%) b) an individual radio-reportage (50%) The elaboration of an Audiobook can be a valorative element of the final evaluation.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Being a course geared towards the acquisition of technical skills in the field of radio journalism, teaching methodology should be, as it is, theoretical-practical and laboratory.
Reading:
GANZ, Pierre (1995): A reportagem em rádio e televisão. Mem Martins: Inquérito. MENESES, João Paulo (2003): Tudo o que se passa na TSF : ...para um "livro de estilo". Porto: Jornal de Notícias. SOUSA, Jorge Pedro e AROSO, Inês (2003): Técnicas Jornalísticas nos Meios Electrónicos. Princípios de radiojornalismo, telejornalismo e jornalismo online. Porto: Edições Universidade Fernando Pessoa.