Feature, Column & Editorial Writing (COMS-306)

Course Title: Feature Column & Editorial Writing Spring 2020

Course Code: COMS 306 Credit Hours: 3

Instructor: Tariq Nawaz Email: [email protected]

Objectives

The course is designed to develop writing skills of the students for advanced journalistic writing like, editorial, column, feature, book reviews, Radio, TV programmes review. It would enable students to differentiate among various types of newspaper writings apart from the news. This course is also planned to train the students in such a way that they should learn the basic techniques and principles for these writings.

Learning Outcomes

To understand basics of Feature Column & Editorial
To understand the role of feature Column & Editorial for opinion making
To understand importance of editorial policy
To develop the practical skills of students for writing Feature Column & Editorial

Readings

1. Brenneck Clark. Magazine Article Writing, New York.

2. Drewry J. E. 1951. Book Reviewing. Boston Macmillan Co.

3. Hohenberg J. The Professional Journalist.

4. Reddick D. C. 1949. Modern Feature Writing. New York.

5. Waldrap. 1955. Editor and Editorial Writing A. G. Rinhart and Co.

6. Shafiq Jalandari. Feature Nigari.

7. Shafiq Jalandari. Kalam Naweesi

8. Miskeen Ali Hijazi. Idaria Naweesi.

9. Harry W. Stone cipher. 1979. Editorial & Persuasive Writing:

Opinion Functions of the News Media: Humanistic Studies in the

Communication Arts. Hastings House Publishing.

10. William L.Rivers.1988. Writing Opinion. Reviews. Iowa StatePr;1

11. Bruce Garrison. 2004. Professional Feature Writing: Lea’s

Communication series. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 4thed.

12. Campbell, B. Titchener. 1988. Reviewing the Arts:

Communication Textbook Series. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. Inc.

13. Charlotte Digregorio.1993.You can be a columnist: Writing and Selling your way to prestige. Civetta Press.

14.Feature Column & Editorial Writing by Virtual University Pakistan

CONTENTS

1. The Editorial

a. Definition of Editorial

b. Its purpose, importance and forms

c. Functions of Editorial

d. The Techniques of Editorial writing

e. The contents of editorial page

f. The editorial page in Pakistan and its standard.

g. Difference between editorial, column and feature

h. Analyzing the media policy through editorials

i. Writing practice

2. Feature Writing

a. Definition, Concept and Scope of Feature

b. Types of Feature

c. Sources for the material

d. Feature Writing Technique

e. The importance of Pictorial Display in features.

3. Column Writing

a. Definition and Concept

b. Functions of a Column

c. Types of Column

d. Role of Columnist in society.

e. Practical Column Writing
COURSE SCHEDULE

Ser	Topics and Readings	Dates
1.	a. Definition of Editorial b. Its purpose, importance and forms c. Functions of Editorial d. The Techniques of Editorial writing	Week 1
2.	e. The contents of editorial page f. The editorial page in Pakistan and its standard. Writing Practice	Week 2
3.	g. Difference between editorial, column and feature h. Analyzing the media policy through editorials Writing practice	Week 3
4.	a. Definition and Concept of Column Practical Column Writing	Week 4
5.	b. Functions of a Column	Week 5
6.	c. Types of Column	Week 6
7.	Practical Column Writing	Week 7
8.	Presentation	Week 8
9.	MID-TERM EXAM SPRING-2020	Week 9
10.	d. Role of Columnist in society. e. Qualities of a Columnist	Week 10
11.	Practical Column Writing	Week 11
12.	a. Definition, Concept and Scope of Feature	Week 12
13.	b. Types of Feature	Week 13
14.	c. Sources for the material	Week 14
15.	d. Feature Writing Technique	Week 15
16.	e. The importance of Pictorial Display in features. Practical Feature Writing	Week 16
17.	Practical Feature Writing	Week 17
16.	PRESENTATION	Week 18
17.	TERMINAL EXAM	Week 19