News and Information Gathering

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On the completion of this subject, you should be able to display the following skills:

  1. define researchable questions in the story area;
  2. apply knowledge of journalistic research methods;
  3. quickly and confidently gather the key information needed to compile a journalistic news story on deadline;
  4. evaluate and use journalistic information in a range of contexts;
  5. understand the key journalistic rounds (such as crime, police and the like);
  6. appreciate the importance of social issues and  inclusion regarding marginalised groups such as women, Indigenous Australians, migrants, asylum seekers, same sex attracted people and people with a physical or mental disability;
  7. knowledge of news values to hone newsworthy story angles based on the information gathered;
  8. ability to display sensitivity to a news audience in a way that stories are organised and written; and
  9. ability to consider yourselves as capable and autonomous practitioners of journalism.

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• About Griffith University

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• GRF-CJR200-News Writing and Ethics

and one of

• GRF-CMM18 (Not currently available)

• GRF-LHS157-Research and Writing for Journalism

Others

Not suitable for incarcerated students.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.