ALJ111 - News Reporting 1

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Kristy Hess

Trimester 3 Unit Chair:

Kristy Hess

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Trimester 1:

1 x 2 hour seminar per week

Trimester 3:

Intensive over 4 days on the Burwood campus (2018/2019 dates to be advised)

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Trimester 1 and 3:

Online and independent learning activities including 1 x 2 hour seminar equivalent. This will include recordings, and synchronous and asynchronous learning activities

Content

This unit is an introduction to the practice and theory of multimedia journalism. It sets the social, professional and legal context for journalism practice, and introduces students to the convention of news writing and reporting stories. Students will also focus on combining text with photos and audio clips to produce news stories; critically examining their own production processes, and learn to report multimedia news stories to a deadline.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Research file (800 words or equivalent) - 20%

Assessment 2 (Individual) - Practical work (1600 words or equivalent) - 40%

Assessment 3 (Individual) - Multimedia news story (1600 words or equivalent) - 40%

Unit Fee Information

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