中文能力50%

  1. 2021年年底爆發知名藝人婚變事件,事件女方在社群媒體上以長文控訴男方對婚姻不忠,與其長期經營優質偶像形象有巨大落差。此事件引起廣大民眾的關注,事件爆發初期新聞媒體對此事件的報導量甚至超過2021年公投選舉。請問同學們如何評價此事件的媒體報導?如果你(妳)們主跑此事件,將會以什麼角度進行報導?(25%)
  2. 網路社群年代中,自媒體蓬勃發展,主流新聞媒體不再獨享議題設定的權力,請問此轉變對民主發展的優缺點?而議題主導權與話語權分眾化後,如何能讓公民接收到與自己不同立場或觀點的重要資訊?(25%)

英文能力50%

General instructions:

  1. Please answer the following questions in order. Leave space for unanswered questions.
  2. Pay attention to any specific instructions for each question.
  3. There are 50 points in total in this section.

Section 1. Short Writing (25 points)

Instructions: Freelance journalists often pitch stories to editors of media outlets. Write a short pitch covering a current local Taiwanese issue (should not be about COVID-19 or cross-strait relations). As a stranger approaching an editor cold, begin with a one-sentence introduction (your background). Follow it with four well-crafted sentences explaining the local issue (the local Taiwanese issue), your angle, and why it appeals to the readers of the international media outlet that you are targeting. (choose an international media outlet – has to be mentioned in the pitch).

Write this pitch in English as an “email”.

Section 2. Short Answers (25 points)

Instructions: Every news story begins with a “lead.” A good lead provides all the important information about the news story. Write for each of the 5 persons/organizations below a comprehensive one-sentence lead for a newspaper article in English that includes information about the person/organization (who is that person/organization) and connects it with a current event:

  1. Vladimir Putin
  2. Mark Zuckerberg
  3. International Olympic Committee
  4. Jimmy Lai
  5. Joe Biden