JN5301 - Introduction to Broadcast Journalism

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

Students are introduced to audio and audiovisual journalism for radio, television and the web. They learn how to record voice and other sound and how to use broadcast equipment and develop editing skills for audio packages. After an introduction to the basics of camerawork students learn how to present stories in a visual way. Tutorials develop skills in broadcast newswriting, sound gathering, camera work, interviewing, voice production, audio and video editing, and style. By producing pieces for the JCNN digital media platform, students sophisticate their generic journalistic and newswriting skills and develop their own ways of presenting journalistic stories.

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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

JN2301 JB2100 JB5100

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
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.