PEAV0037-1

Duration

15h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

	Master in journalism, professional focus in investigation multimedia	5 crédits

Lecturer

David Leloup

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Designed as a workshop with a resolutely practical orientation, the course aims to support students in the conception, development, and realisation of journalistic projects within a pedagogical framework structured in two phases.

The first phase, during the first semester, is devoted to the exploration of working themes and contemporary journalistic concepts, through creative constraints, games, and the analysis of innovative practices.

The second phase, during the second semester, focuses on the concrete implementation of these acquired skills through the production of an original collective journalistic project and an individual local investigation, intended to be finalised and published during the Studiobus week, organised in mid-April.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course unit, the student will be able to:

rigorously and creatively mobilise contemporary journalistic tools and formats;
design and conduct a short-format local journalistic investigation based on an assigned or proposed topic;
develop a single topic according to a 360-degree journalism approach, combining web writing with complementary formats (audio, video, alternative narrative formats);
integrate ecological and climate-related issues transversally and critically into the coverage of local current affairs.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No specific technical or methodological prerequisites are required, other than a clear interest in journalistic practice, investigative work, and the experimentation of narrative formats. The Studiobus week, organised in mid-April, also serves as a period of integration and practical application of the skills developed across the programme's various professional practice courses.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is based on an active, workshop-style pedagogy, requiring sustained student participation. Learning activities combine:

creative and conceptual exploration exercises;
collective analysis of existing journalistic productions;
individual and collective practical assignments;
investigative work carried out under conditions close to those of a professional newsroom;
mandatory participation in two masterclasses devoted to environmental journalism and to media responsibility in the face of climate disinformation.

Learning is grounded both in the imitation of recognised professional practices and in guided experimentation.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face learning.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus

Further information:

Course materials (projected presentations, instructions, teaching resources) are made available to students via the university's eCampus platform. Additional journalistic and theoretical readings are suggested in connection with the themes addressed, in particular those relating to contemporary transformations of journalism and ecological issues.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Further information:

Assessment is based on all the work carried out over the academic year. It takes into account:

the journalistic quality of the collective and individual outputs produced;
the relevance of editorial and narrative choices;
the ability to develop a single topic across multiple formats;
methodological and deontological rigour;
the critical integration of ecological and climate-related issues in the treatment of topics.

These elements form the basis of the final summative assessment.

Work placement(s)

None.

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course