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Duration
12 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
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Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 31 Jul 2023
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Subject details
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- • News writing.
- • Feature writing.
- • News values.
- • Editing and style.
- • Press freedom.
- • Media ownership.
- • Media ethics.
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Additional requirements
No additional requirements
The Emerging Journalist introduces you to the shifting roles and responsibilities of journalists and journalism within liberal democratic societies. You will appreciate the contemporary media landscape and the role of journalists and media organisations in relation to social, economic, political and cultural power structures. Topics and issues covered include best practices in news and feature writing, media ethics, and working with sources. Assessment tasks are designed to give students an opportunity to start building a portfolio of journalistic work via La Trobe Journalism's online publication for emerging journalists, upstart, http://www.upstart.net.au
- 4 x 250-word written tasks responding to online learning content submitted across weeks 2-6 (25%)
- Folio of news articles equivalent to 1300 words (40%)
- One 1500 word equivalent writing exercise (including verbal presentation of concept) A feature article (includes pitch presentation) (35%)
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