1. General information about the training program
- Program name: Journalism and Media Skills
- Target audience:
+ Students currently studying or who have graduated from university or college and wish to work in the field of journalism and media.
+ Individuals currently working in the field of journalism and media but lacking a relevant degree need to obtain professional certifications to complete their application for recruitment/promotion to civil servant positions.
+ Anyone interested in or passionate about journalism and media
- Training unit: Lecturers from the Institute of Journalism and Communication Training (University of Social Sciences and Humanities) in collaboration with experienced journalists from media organizations.
- Certificate name: Journalism and Media Professional Skills.
- Certification body: University of Social Sciences and Humanities
2. Training Objectives
The Journalism and Media Professional Training Program equips learners with fundamental and essential knowledge in the field of journalism. After completing the course, learners will have the expertise and confidence to work in media organizations, effectively applying the knowledge they have learned to practical work.
3. Program learning outcomes
3.1. Regarding knowledge
- Possess a solid understanding of the general principles of modern journalism and media, including the development trends of international and Vietnamese journalism and media.
- Possess a thorough understanding of various types of media and journalistic genres, and different types of works.
- Understand the process of handling and publishing news and creating content.
3.2. Regarding skills
- Professional skills
- Proficient in accessing and performing professional tasks such as source development, interviewing, information processing, photography, article organization, and editing works across all types of media.
- Personal skills: Possesses the ability to work independently and use equipment and tools to organize journalistic works.
- Teamwork skills: The ability to coordinate within a team, always listen to and respect the opinions of team members, ensuring work efficiency and product quality.
3.3. Regarding moral qualities:
Cultivate professional ethics and comply with legal regulations regarding television journalism.
3.4. Job position and professional development opportunities
- Graduates can work as reporters or editors at media organizations; manage content or write articles for websites or internal communication publications of organizations or businesses; or work as content creators on mass media platforms…
4. Structure of the training program:
Total accumulated hours: 75 lessons
5. Training program framework
| TT |
Special Topic |
Duration |
Content |
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Overview of journalism and media |
10 lessons |
- Fundamental knowledge of journalism and communication – theoretical and practical issues |
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Modern news writing skills |
10 lessons |
- Modern information model/structure
- News writing skills |
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Skills in processing information from press releases. |
10 lessons |
- Skills in editing information from press releases into journalistic works. |
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Interviewing skills and interview organization |
10 lessons |
- Interviewing skills and how to structure interviews for various types of media.
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Skills for writing a reflection paper |
10 lessons |
- Skills in producing journalistic works in the form of feature articles. |
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Multimedia journalism
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10 lessons |
- Characteristics of multimedia journalism
- Organizing and managing multimedia journalistic content.
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Practice |
15 lessons |
Create journalistic works in the form of interviews and feature articles. |
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Total |
75 lessons |
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6. Forms of assessment and evaluation of learning outcomes for the course:
After 75 hours of instruction providing fundamental knowledge, students will complete a final exam consisting of interview and reflection papers. Students will receive a graduation certificate upon meeting the following requirements:
- Attend at least 80% of class time.
- Achieve a minimum score of 5/10 on the final exam.
7. Reference materials:
- Duong Xuan Son, Dinh Huong: Theoretical Foundations of Journalism and Communication, Culture and Information Publishing House, 1995.
- Ta Ngoc Tan: Mass Communication, National Political Publishing House, 2001.
- Dinh Huong: Genres of news reporting, Hanoi National University Publishing House, 2006.
- Phan Kien: Press photos, lecture notes.
- Duong Xuan Son: Genres of journalistic commentary and art, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, 2004.
