| Semester 1, 2023 Online | |
| 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: JRN1030
Overview
Digital tools and platforms offer creative reporters more ways than ever to tell stories. Digital Storytelling in Journalism will help you navigate everything from pictures and illustration through to audience collaboration and data journalism, choosing the right tool for the job.
Through an overview of the evolution of digital storytelling in journalism, analysis of best practice examples, and creation of digital content, you will develop the skills necessary to produce different types of digital storytelling, and the ability to decide on which types of digital journalism to deploy in different situations. Students will learn how to use the following elements in a journalistic setting: text (headlines, sub-heads, pull quotes), images (photojournalism and infographics), video (graphics, animation, vlogging), audio (podcasting and audio embeds), data (data journalism, audience research), user-generated content (citizen journalism, audience collaboration), and social media (embeds, using social media as publishing platforms).
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- explain the different elements of digital journalism, and ascertain when to deploy these;
- create digital content for a journalistic context (pictures, audio, video);
- use data journalism to help audiences understand complex issues;
- implement user-generated content in a digital journalistic setting;
- use social media platforms as a storytelling tool in a journalistic setting.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The evolution of digital journalism | 5.00 |
| 2. | Creative use of text in digital journalism | 5.00 |
| 3. | Images in digital journalism: photojournalism, infographics and photo essays | 20.00 |
| 4. | Audio in digital journalism: embeds, audio as a storytelling tool, and podcasting | 20.00 |
| 5. | Video in digital journalism: embeds, raw vision, graphics/animation and vlogging | 20.00 |
| 6. | Data in digital journalism: data journalism and audience research00 | 20.00 |
| 7. | User-generated content: citizen journalism and audience collaboration | 5.00 |
| 8. | Social media storytelling | 5.00 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical 1 | No | 10 | 1,4 |
| Practical 2 | No | 20 | 1,2,3 |
| Practical 3 | No | 30 | 1,2 |
| Practical 4 | No | 40 | 1,2,4 |