MAC 125 Newswriting and Reporting II

ND1 levelCommunication & Media24 topics

MAC 125 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.

Beat reporting
Types of beats
Beat reporter and qualities
Requirements for covering a beat
Truth, objectivity and accuracy in reporting
Style in news writing
Headline casting
Research-based reporting
Specialised news reporting
Professional hazards and safety in reporting
Legal and ethical limitations in reporting
Software application in news writing and reporting
News beats reporting
Campus beat coverage
AP style in news writing
Research methods in news reporting
Interviewing and transcription
Vox pop reporting
Institutional and event coverage
Court and legislative reporting
Government and political reporting
Business and market reporting
Accident and emergency reporting
News writing software

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Beat reporting

Beat reporting is the systematic coverage of a specific subject area or sector, such as education, health, or politics, by a journalist. Mastering beat reporting equips students to develop expertise, build reliable sources, and produce timely, in‑depth stories that meet the rigorous standards of Nigerian tertiary exams.

What you get for MAC 125

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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