What are the qualities you need if you choose one of the following occupation?

Unit 4Unit 4Making the NewsMaking the News

Training Camp for a Training Camp for a JournalistJournalist

Course Ⅰ: Job Description

Course Ⅱ: Equipment

Course Ⅲ: Working diagram

Course Ⅳ: Required qualities & Special skills

Course Ⅴ: A simulated test

Course Ⅰ: Job DescriptionCourse Ⅰ: Job Description Different types of jobs involve different works. If you are going to work as a journalist / reporter, what do you think it involves?

Interview people or find out some interesting events forthe readers.

In order to produce a piece of news, is a reporterenough to do all the work? Apart from the journalist, can you describe some other jobs in making a news?

Photographer; editor; printer; designer; … etc. TEAM WORK

Course Ⅱ: EquipmentCourse Ⅱ: Equipment

A workman must first sharper his tools if he

is to do his work well. Here is a list of things I prepared for you. You’re

going to choose those which you think are necessary

for a journalist and try to give some reasons for your

choice.pen; notebook; recorder; DC/traditional camera;sports shoes; cars; umbrella; medicine; map; water; computer; cell phone;

CD

A B

Course Ⅲ: Working diagramCourse Ⅲ: Working diagram

Complete the diagram which shows how a Complete the diagram which shows how a newspaper is made. newspaper is made.

1. The __________ holds a meeting.2. ____________ interview people and write stories.3. ____________ take ____________.4. ___________ are quickly developed.5. Editors _______ the reports.6. Editors write the __________.7. The newspapers are ___________.8. The newspapers are __________ by train and truck.

printed; photographs; headlines; chief editor; journalists; delivered; check; photographers

printed

chief editorJournalists

Photographers photographsPhotographs

checkheadlines

delivered

Course Ⅳ: Required qualities Special skills

Higher level of education

Work experience

Good communication skills

Curious, active personality

Hard-working

Enthusiasm for the job

… …

True or false questions:

1. As a freshman, you can go out on a story right away.

2. You have to take a camera with you all the time.

3. To be curious is very important to a reporter.

4. In order to be a successful reporter we should be

able to judge whether a information is true or not.

5. Listening is more important than asking questions.

6. There’s no need to take notes if we have a recorder.

Course Ⅳ: Required qualities & Special skills

Course Ⅵ: A simulated testCourse Ⅵ: A simulated test

In order to know whether you’ve known thekey points of being a good journalist, here I prepared several cases for you as a simulated test. I’d like you to form groups of 4~6 and choose one of them to produce your news.

Home workHome workRead the passage carefully and find out all the difficult words and phrases.

Finish exercise 1~3 in the part of comprehending on page 27.