Judicial Journalism
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: Spanish,
Head instructor
In recent years we have witnessed the emergence of cutting-edge journalism. Corruption scandals along with a persistence in the judicialization of the political sphere have caused that the news of facts like crimes or robberies leave the spaces of the section of the Society in many means to cover or even mark the political agenda of the main administrations . There is no doubt that Judicial Journalism has entered a new era in which its traditional restricted character, with sensitive information that must be contrasted on several occasions, runs counter to the immediacy of social networks and electronic media. It is in this change that journalists must have a sound knowledge of routines and judicial language to provide a rapid, effective and truthful response as they treat sensitive information by affecting issues such as honor, reputation and freedom of the people.
No requeriments
Students will learn to interpret a judicial decision (sentence, auto, providencia) or any other actor in the administration of justice (prosecutors, lawyers ...). They will also know how to put each of these writings in the context of today, not only in cases of corruption, but also in others such as domestic violence or crimes against heritage, to get closer to the routines of the media. They will also learn to distinguish the role and attributions of each branch of law, the protagonists of this type of information (from the judge to the victim) and improve writing from the interpretation of a language as a particular judicial. They will know the criminal (mainly), civil, social or labor jurisdiction, as well as all the types of existing instances and to differentiate the judicial organs of each one of them.
The classes will be totally practical so that the students can see the way of working of the media. From a document, they will write the news in class together with the teacher and the rest of the classmates. Doubts will be solved regarding ethical issues about the role of victims or professionals who give resolutions and how to mark the current agenda. This section will explain the access to sources of information as well as the consequences of this news, because of the importance in the public image of those involved.
Once learned the most basic rules regarding the writing of the news we will enter other journalistic genres such as the chronicle or the report. We will also know the different approaches that the media make of each court news taking into account their ideology despite the fact that it is a single judicial resolution. They will learn to recognize, thanks to practice, the most important thing to explain and translate judicial language.
In the classroom, each court resolution will be analyzed since many are complex. In three hours we will simulate a wording with all its conditions, like time. The practices will be individual, although the essays, corrections and comments to these exercises will be done in a group to encourage participation. We will also work with practical examples of the functions of each part of the judicial process and will deal with media cases (Nóos, Palau, 3%, Marta del Catillo, 9-N ...) that have generated broad media follow up To offer the broadcast of the trial signal live on television.
Students will submit two scoring practices based on a court decision. They will account for 40% of the grade and the practical exam at the end of the course will be the other 40%. The remaining 20% will depend on your participation in class and the evolution of the student. There will be minimums such as spelling or your knowledge of the present, although the most important in the 10 sessions will be the assimilation of content and the ability to express them in a journalistic genre. In the second call, the suspended part must be approved, with the presentation of the works requested in the course (50%) and with the exam of recovery (50%)
EVALUATION SYSTEM | PERCENTAGE |
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Final Exam Groupal Work Individual Work | 40 |
‘Levantando el velo: Manual de Periodismo Judicial’. Javier Gómez Bermudez y Elisa Beni Uzabal Inversiones Editoriales Dossat-2000
‘Manual de Periodismo Judicial’. José María Calero, Javier Ronda, Editorial Historia y Contenidos Grupo de Investigación en Estructura Universidad de Sevilla año 2000
‘Periodismo de Sucesos’ Montse Quesada Editorial Síntesis, colección periodismo especializado 2007
‘Tras el suceso’ Enrique Rubio Planeta Barcelona 1956.
Photocopies in class