Feature Writing

Course aim

To extend students' news writing skills and understandings, focusing on feature writing, freelance journalism, news rounds and documentary.

Course content

Students will further demonstrate their skills in feature writing for the media, and will become familiar with key elements of magazine journalism and freelance journalism.They will explore specialist news rounds and how these can be utilised in long form journalism.

Textbook(s)

Ricketson, M & Graham, C 2017, Writing feature stories: how to research and write articles-from listicles to longform, 2nd Edition, Allen & Unwin

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
COMM 2077	Radio Journalism and Podcasts

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 12 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Lecture)	1 hour x 12 weeks
External (Tutorial)	2 hours x 12 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assessment plan, Media task

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.