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2025 unit information
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1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week
3 x online practical experience (workshops) per trimester
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Discover the power of audio storytelling by researching, pitching, scripting, and producing your own news and current affairs podcast. Using a practice-based approach, you will be guided in using industry-standard tools and software to create a podcast or audio feature, while also developing the skills to pitch, promote, distribute and monetise your own audio content. You will also analyse the relevant media industries in Australia to support you in effectively navigating your career.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Research a news and current affairs story
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO7: Teamwork
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
Write a strong narrative for a news and current affairs audio story
GLO4: Critical thinking
Pitch and promote story ideas for audio news and news feature stories
GLO7: Team Work
Navigate the audio journalism landscape, including key institutional, regulatory and ethical frameworks and how the inform professional practices across cultures
GLO3: Digital Literacy
GLO5: Problem Solving
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 ALJ218 can be found via the University Library.
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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