Advanced News Writing

Course aim

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

Course content

Students will further develop their skills in feature writing for print and online media, and will become familiar with key elements of magazine journalism and freelance journalism. They will explore documentary journalism and specialist news rounds, and will examine the effects of social media on journalism practice.

Textbook(s)

Ricketson, M 2004, Writing Feature Stories. How to research and write newspaper and magazine articles, Allen & Unwin

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
COMM 1023	News Writing
COMM 2074	Journalism Techniques

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, TAYLOR'S BUSINESS SCHOOL
Lecture	1 hour x 8 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Applied print project, Freelance project discussion paper, Specialist media project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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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.