JN5500 - Writing for Newspapers

Credit points:	06
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Journalism

This subject introduces graduates without media experience to the key skills of journalistic writing for the print media. Students develop advanced level generic skills in written communication, interviewing techniques, how to structure news narratives and in news analysis. Students are shown how to produce news stories and feature articles of publishable standard.

Learning Outcomes

• proficiency in newswriting;
• command of interviewing skills;
• the ability to write effectively in a range of styles;
• an understanding of news values.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively.

Prerequisites:	Must hold a degree.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	JN5004

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 20-Jul-2007
Face to face teaching (35 hours lectures and workshops)
Coord/Lect:	Dr Lindsay Simpson.
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures 25 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (15%); presentations (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (15%); assignments (50%).

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.