JN3304 - Feature Writing
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
In this subject students learn how to prepare feature articles suitable for publication and how to evaluate a target audience. The student develops higher level skills of research and analysis dealing with a diverse range of opinions, anecdotes, other published material, statistical research, and where appropriate the reporter's own impressions, on the way to creating informative and entertaining feature articles. Students are exposed to feature stories by writers with national and international reputations.
Learning Outcomes
- to develop an understanding of the responsibilities of the feature writer as an informed social commentator;
- to develop higher level skills of research and analysis;
- to prepare feature articles of a standard suitable for publication.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
- The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
- The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
- The ability to work individually and independently.
| Assumed Knowledge: | To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | IA2003 JN2003 JN5003 JN5304 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Amy Forbes. |
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| Assessment: | tutorial attendance and participation (10%); news assignments developed and prepared in class (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.