ALJ216 - Feature Writing
Unit details
| Year | 2018 unit information |
|---|---|
| Offering information: | *Warrnambool students to contact unit chair or school at scca-students@deakin.edu.au to enrol in this unit |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), *Warrnambool, Cloud (online) Trimester 3: Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | Trimester 2: Matthew Ricketson Trimester 3: Alison McAdam |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALJ316, ALJ416 |
| Contact hours: | Trimester 2: Campus: 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin
Trimester 3: Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin |
Content
In this unit students are expected to combine journalism skills with academic techniques of research. The aim this trimester is to develop research and writing skills to a level where the student can produce feature articles suitable for publication. There is strong emphasis on finding original information from sources ranging from interviews to the Internet.
Assessment
Feature-story tasks, 2000 equivalent, 50%
Feature story, 2000 words, 50%
Unit Fee Information
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