JB2100 - Broadcast Journalism
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
This subject will introduce students to radio and television news. Students will build upon news skills and journalistic techniques learned in earlier subjects, while developing a distinctly different way of writing and presenting news. Students will learn skills in recording voice and other sound, and editing these into professional standard broadcast news packages for radio. In television, students will learn the basics of camerawork and on-camera news presentation. Tutorial exercises will develop news writing, sound gathering, camera work, interviewing, voice production, style and audio and video editing skills. Regular presenting and reporting shifts on a real radio show will be rostered as part of study in this subject. Students will also learn about how the electronic media fit into the media spectrum, and will further develop generic journalistic skills in cultural literacy.
Learning Outcomes
- ability to write effectively in the distinct broadcast form and understand how it differs from writing in other media;
- develop sufficient skills to produce and present news packages for a real radio program;
- develop skills in camera work and news packaging for television;
- develop an understanding of the theory of broadcast news; and;
- develop skills in voice production, electronic news editing and cultural literacy.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
- The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
- The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
| Prerequisites: | JN2000 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | JB5100 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Ms Liz Tynan. |
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| Assessment: | tutorial attendance and participation (10%); assignments completed in class time, in studio or in the field (90%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.