Broadcast Journalism
UndergraduateGRF-CJR3202024
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Step into the newsroom and research, write and produce audio and video stories. Look back through the history of broadcast journalism. Analyse the role of the internet in today’s industry. Get a grip on the interviewing, pitching and presenting processes.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Broadcast Journalism
About this subject
At the completion of this subject you will:
- have developed your research and reporting skills;
- understand the medium of Broadcast Journalism;
- construct effective introductions and present a logical flow of information;
- have developed a broad understanding of journalistic practices;
- produce basic audio and video content.
- Introduction to broadcast journalism
- Getting the basics down (news packaging, interviewing, writing, formatting and presenting your script)
- Production project (recording audio and video)
- Putting it all together (editing)
- Legal issues
- On-line news
Focus on researching, writing and producing news and current affairs stories for television and online. You will explore: History of broadcast journalism; Radio and television; The newsroom; The studio; Writing for broadcast; The line-up; Voice and presentation; Camera and sound; Principles of interviewing; The edit; The pitch; Story planning and production and the practice of mobile journalism. You will need to have access to the internet on a computer with standard modern inclusions (Mic and Webcam).
Broadcast Journalism is designed to extend and develop the skills introduced in second year Journalism subjects with a focus on researching, writing and producing news and current affairs stories for television and online. This unit also includes advanced techniques in media presentation, production, problem solving and the student's critical evaluation of their own performance.
- Production-The Pitch and The Package (60%)
- Writing: broadcast & program (20%)
- Newsroom Contribution (20%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
GRF-CMM26 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateGRF-ART-DEG
UndergraduateGRF-COM-DEG
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