Diplomirani novinar (un)/diplomirana novinarka (un)

The qualification holder will be able to:

General competences:

• The knowledge and understanding of journalism
• The ability of theoretical analysis and synthesis
• The ability of critical thinking and explanation
• The ability to use knowledge in practice
• The ability of planning and decision-making
• The ability to cooperate in a multidisciplinary group
• Oral and written communication in the mother tongue
• The knowledge of two foreign languages
• Media literacy
• The understanding of diversity and multiculturalism
• Work with computers and software tools

The graduates’ general competences are upgraded through elective subjects in years two and three.

Subject-specific competences

In addition to subject-specific competences, Bachelors of Journalism will also have attained competences through departmental subjects shared with the graduates of the two other programmes at the Chair of Communication (Communication: Media and Communication Studies; Communication: Market Communication and Public Relations).

Discipline-specific kompetence involve:

• The knowledge of the most important approaches of communication a scientific discipline
• The knowledge of the main theories and methods in the field of communication
• The knowledge of the main aspects and structures and processes of social communication
• The ability to use the main research approaches, methods and techniques in communication research with ICT support
• the establishment of basic research plans and performance of research in collaboration with others
• professional, responsible and critical presentation of results in oral and in the written form
• the knowledge, understanding and consideration of ethical principles in research
• the knowledge, understanding and use of the conceptual apparatus from the field of media studies and communication
• the ability to analyse empirical phenomena with the aid of theoretical concepts, and explanation of the various aspects of the symbolic power of the media
• the knowledge and analysis of the basic techniques of public relations
• professional, responsible and critical valuation of public relations
• the basics of expert counselling in the field of public relations.

Subject-specific competences, attained following the years of studies, which distinguish the Bachelor of Journalism from the graduates of other programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences:

Year one

• the knowledge and understanding of the development of journalism through different periods of history
• the ability to explain the development of journalism by using key themes and concepts
• the ability to contextualise changes in journalism through the analysis of institutions and processes
• the ability to understand and explain the contingent and continuously changing nature of journalism
• the ability to use the knowledge about the historical development of journalism in one’s own analytical and research work
• the deepening of the knowledge of the Slovenian language
• the knowledge of the fundamental normative guides of the Slovenian language and of other linguistic sources
• the understanding of linguistic articulation and deliberate deviations from the norm
• the ability of critical evaluation of the linguistic character of various types of text
• the knowledge of the definitions of journalism and the understanding of its mission in society
• the ability to assess and use the publication value of events and information
• the knowledge  of the fundamental elements of journalistic discourse
• good command of the basic techniques to verify information and the ability to critically evaluate sources
• the knowledge of the basic tools of journalists’ self-regulation in Slovenian journalism and media
• the ability to use a critical approach to understanding, analysing and evaluating journalism as a production of information
• the ability to perform independent and responsible journalist work in the collection of information, is processing and composition of reports
• the ability to journalist reports  in accordance with grammatical and stylistic norms of the basic types and genres of journalistic communication: news, survey, report and article
• the ability to analyse and evaluate one’s own work as a journalist

Year two

• the ability to identify ethical violations and dilemmas in journalist practice
• the knowledge and understanding of journalists’ ethical values, norms, conventions, rights and obligations
• the ability to solve dilemmas  caused by the collision between the freedom of expression and the right to privacy, in a systematic and justified manner
• the ability to partake in a critical, well-reasoned and tolerant discussion of ethical issues
• the ability to recognise the potential impact of one’s own decisions in ethical questions
• the knowledge of the fundamental principles and mechanisms of media regulation
• the understanding and knowledge of the key fields of media regulation through time and in various systems
• the understanding of the way media functions and media regulation in relation to politics, the economy and society in general
• the ability to analyse individual media systems and politics
• the knowledge, understanding  and explanation of events in the field of the freedom of media expression, media and journalists’ activity
• in-depth linguistic and stylistic knowledge through the analysis of journalistic texts,
• the ability to understand, analyse and evaluate journalistic texts
• the ability to form solid and complex journalistic texts in relation to the media type and genre
• the knowledge, understanding and use of journalism work methods and the ability to use the methods of journalistic work, the ability to create journalistic output in accordance with the linguistic and textual norms of the types and genres of journalism
• the knowledge, understanding and use of investigation journalism methods.

Year three

• the knowledge and understanding of the particularities of the radio medium compared to other media
• the understanding of the complexity and similarities of individual types of radio programmes and roles of radio content creators
• the knowledge and understanding of the various forms of journalistic expression
• the knowledge of the spoken literary Slovene standard
• the ability of independent search for orthoepic information in sources, and its application in practice
• the ability of proper orthoepic interpretation of written journalistic texts
• the ability to carry out a journalistic dialogue discourse
• the ability to use sound recording devices and audio editing software in the preparation of content-coherent and comprehensive output
• the ability of critical understanding, analysis and valuation of television journalism at the production, textual and receptive levels
• the knowledge and understanding of television photography and editing to build up meaning
• the ability to use television camera and recording equipment and video editing software in the preparation of content-coherent and comprehensive output
• the ability to analyse and evaluate one’s own audio-visual creations
• the ability to critically understand, analyse and explain complex links between journalism and digitalisation
• the ability to use digital tools that enable the creation of journalistic output in multimedia, non-linear and multi-layer forms
• the ability to analyse one’s own digital journalistic creation
• the ability of carrying out independent and group work in journalism for various and intertwine media platforms
• the ability of written, spoken and audio-visual expression for radio, television and digital media
• the ability to use a digital still camera, camera tripod and photo editing software
• the ability to use an audio recorder, microphone and audio editing and processing software
• the ability to use a digital video camera, microphone and camera tripod, and video editing and processing software
• the ability to use software to prepare graphics and animations
• acquired practical knowledge for independent work as a journalist in printed media, radio, television and digital media.