ALJ304 - Local Journalism
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Online Trimester 3 2024 will be the final offering of this unit |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | ALJ111 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | 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. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | Burwood: 1 x 2-hour seminar per week Geelong: 1 x 7.5 hour seminar on campus (weeks 2 & 8). 1 x 1 hour Online seminar weeks (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11). |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 2 online seminar per week |
Content
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.
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