ALJ331 - News Production Workshop 2
Unit details
| Year: | 2023 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Alison McAdam |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have passed two level 2 ALJ coded units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALJ302, ALJ303 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3-hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | Independent and collaborative online learning activities (3-hour per week equivalence) |
Content
Discover what it’s like to produce journalistic stories for an online news website. You will be writing, producing, researching, interviewing and editing a number of your own stories that showcase your knowledge of, and skills in, news writing, data visualisation, video and podcasting. You will meet deadlines and discuss your work with fellow students in a newsroom-like environment. This unit teaches you about industry structures and advanced storytelling techniques. You will leave this unit with a portfolio of work you can use to begin your career. You will also reflect on the newsgathering and production process.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Identify and research an audience for a digital news product | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO2 | Produce news stories to a professional standard in a variety of written, audio and visual formats | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Engage with community issues and social media tools for sourcing, reporting and promoting news stories | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Act responsibly, ethically and within legal frameworks when creating online content | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Reflect critically on professional practice to identify how that practice will contribute towards career goals | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Multimedia portfolio part 1 | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 2 - Multimedia portfolio part 2 | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 11 |
| Assessment 3 - Reflective essay | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via ALJ331
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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