Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MCM 204 — Advanced and Specialised Reporting

MCM department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• At the end of this course, the students will
• define specialised reporting/specialised reporter
• outline beats
• identify specialised reports and the components
• discuss how to make scientific language more audience centric
• explain in-depth report and investigative journalism

Course contents

Advanced instruction and practice in writing news stories with emphasis on investigative and other in-depth reporting techniques; Instruction and practice in reporting and writing news stories with emphasis on the reporting of the neighbourhood, accidents, fires, suicides, crime, business, press conference, innovation hubs, etc.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MCM 204.

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