JN5301 - Broadcast Journalism

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

This subject introduces students to radio and television journalism. Students build on newswriting skills learned in earlier subjects to develop a distinctly different way of writing and presenting news. Students learn skills in recording voice and other sound and editing these into professional standard news packages for radio. In television, students learn the basics of camerawork and on-camera news presentation. Tutorial exercises develop broadcast newswriting, sound gathering, camera work, interviewing, voice production, style and audio and video editing skills. The subject includes regular, rostered presenting and reporting shifts on a real radio show. Students also learn about how the electronic media fit into the media spectrum, and develop their generic journalistic skills and 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:	JN5300
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	JN2301 JB2100 JB5100

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 6
Census Date 26-Jun-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Amy Forbes.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 20 hours practicals
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.