MAC 115 Newswriting and Reporting I

ND1 levelCommunication & Media24 topics

MAC 115 covers 24 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

Concept of Storytelling
Types of Storytelling
Journalist as Storyteller
Approaches to Storytelling
Concept of News
Types of News
Qualities and Values of News
Sources of News
Classification of News Sources
Cultivation and Protection of Sources
News Gathering Process
Tools for News Gathering
Concept of Newswriting
Relationship with news sources
News source protection
News gathering
News writing styles
Structure of news
Headline writing
Byline identification
Lead and types of lead
Stories for multimedia platforms
Newsroom roles and reporting process
News terminologies

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Concept of Storytelling

Storytelling in newswriting is the art of presenting factual information in a narrative structure that engages readers while maintaining accuracy and objectivity. Mastering this concept helps students craft compelling news pieces that satisfy both journalistic standards and audience expectations, a key requirement in NUC CCMAS, NBTE, and NCCE exams.

What you get for MAC 115

Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.

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