Semester 2, 2023 Toowoomba On-campus | |
Units : | 1 |
School or Department : | School of Humanities & Communication |
Grading basis : | Graded |
Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: JRN1000 or JRN1020
Overview
This course builds on the reporting and writing techniques learned in JRN1020. It expands your journalistic practice to an expected level of higher proficiency, and provides you with the knowledge to research and produce journalism for areas of specialisation or coverage. It is also intended to help you further develop your knowledge of the roles and functions of the media, and your responsibilities as a professional journalist.
This course teaches you to find, report and write news stories for key reporting rounds including hard and soft news. It builds on the news judgment and writing skills learned in JRN1020. The emphasis is on learning by doing, and you will gain considerable practice in interviewing, reporting and developing audio/visual techniques, underpinned by theoretical knowledge. This course requires you to develop your professional practice to include self-management of deadlines and proficiency in interpersonal communication. You will be required to undertake professional-standard telephone conversations and conduct in-person journalistic interviews in this course.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- communicate a story to a specific audience and justify editorial decisions;
- extend practical skills, including evaluating appropriate sources, in order to report on news rounds;
- self-manage reporting practice including fostering relevant connections for conducting interviews and writing stories to a specified deadline;
- develop practical application of multimedia components to further enhance journalistic skills;
- examine a range of reporting practices, reflect on the ethical dimensions of the profession, and apply these standards in their own reporting;
- produce stories to publishable standard across various reporting rounds.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. | Principles of rounds coverage | 10.00 |
2. | Advanced news writing | 25.00 |
3. | Advanced interviewing | 20.00 |
4. | Audio and vision for new stories | 25.00 |
5. | Research skills | 10.00 |
6. | Ethical and professional expectations | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
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Quiz | No | 10 | 2 |
Practical 1 | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Practical 2 | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Practical 3 | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |