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Last updated: 4 June 2021
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Must have completed two level 2 ALJ coded units
ALJ302 and ALJ303
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Independent and collaborative learning activities online, equivalent to 1 x 3-hour seminar per week
This unit explores advanced news production techniques such as digital visualisation and live broadcasting and blogging, as well as industry practices such as freelancing and dealing with deadlines. Students will produce stories throughout the trimester, learning how to deal with the practical, intellectual, professional, creative, social, ethical and legal issues of online news and current affairs publishing. Students will learn how to respond appropriately to real-world news events that require necessary problem-solving, critical-thinking and creative skills to be resolved. Students will reflect on the newsgathering and production processes.
Identify and research an audience for a digital news product
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
Produce news stories to a professional standard in a variety of written, audio and visual formats
GLO8: Global citizenship
Engage with community issues and social media tools for sourcing, reporting and promoting news stories
Act responsibly, ethically and within legal frameworks when creating online content
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
Reflect critically on professional practice to identify how that practice will contribute towards career goals
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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