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IA2103:03

Radio News

Townsville

HECS Band 1

13 hours lectures, 20 hours practicals. Semester 1.

Available to Bachelor of Indigenous Studies students and students enrolled in accredited journalism programs.

Staff:

Ms F Onus,

Ms L McCaffery.

Students are introduced to the daily operation of radio newsrooms and to `writing for the ear'. The subject prepares students for radio reporting positions and includes radio news-gathering, news writing, interviewing techniques, digital editing and radio news presenting.

Learning Objectives:

ability to write for radio;

ability to conduct news-gathering suitable for radio news;

to further develop journalistic interviewing skills for the purpose of inclusion in radio news stories and bulletins;

ability to prepare a radio news bulletin to deadline;

ability to present a radio news bulletin `live', on-air.

Assessment by regular radio news assignments (50%); presentation of a news bulletin (40%); participation in practicals (10%).