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2022 unit information
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Last updated: 4 March 2022
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ALJ111
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Burwood: 1 x 2-hour seminar per week
Geelong: 1 x 7.5 hour seminar on campus (weeks 2 & 8). 1 x 1 hour Cloud seminar weeks (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11).
1 x 2 online seminar per week
Explore the practice and theory of local and community journalism in Australia and across the globe through the approaches adopted by these kinds of news outlets. You will be encouraged to examine and debate the relevance of these forms of journalism and their relationship to the 'mainstream' media in an increasingly globalised and digitised media world. You will develop pieces of local journalism in a variety of styles and be encouraged to publish your work in relevant print, broadcast or online contexts. You will be prepared to critically engage with the norms and conventions shaping journalistic practices and how they relate to these aspects of journalism.
Identify, research, plan and produce newsworthy stories suitable for local media and analyse theoretical issues relevant to local and community media in Australia and other western societies
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
Demonstrate high-level communication skills including the ability to interview, write, produce and present stories for hyperlocal, regional and community media in a style appropriate to the specific production and audience
Conduct academic and news-related research and analyse, synthesise and disseminate this information using a range of technologies, including social media for local audiences
Select, critically analyse, and evaluate information relating to the construction of news stories for local and community media and demonstrate critical awareness of different publication styles and audiences
Analyse unpredictable and sometimes complex problems and situations that effect local and community news production and devise creative solutions in a journalistic and academic context
Demonstrate initiative and resourcefulness when sourcing news stories and information for hyperlocal and community outlets
Demonstrate autonomy, responsibility and accountability under time pressure and an ongoing commitment to reflective learning about journalism and journalism practice in regards to this specialised area of reporting
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALJ304 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.
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