Last chance to study this subject for 2025—enrol by 25 May
Need help? Contact a student advisor.
Journalism
PostgraduateSWI-PWR600042025
Watch how journalists develop, shape and construct news stories for public consumption.Broadcast your understanding of journalistic writing's various genres. Follow interviewing guidelines. Get a snapshot of radio and television news practices.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 2 June 2025
- Price from
- $3,760
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Journalism
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject, students will be able to:
- Identify and critically evaluate the functions and conventions of journalistic reporting
- Demonstrate practical hard news writing skills
- Initiate, plan, research, and produce a feature article of publishable standard.
- Critical and cultural perspectives on the function of the news media
- News values and conventions of news stories
- Writing style and the news story
- Content and the news story
- Structure and the news story
- The characteristics of feature articles
- Interviewing and the ethics of journalism
- Radio news
- Television news
- Reporting on war
- Alternative forms of journalism
- Opportunities for publication
In this subject, you gain insights into how journalists define news and construct news stories; develop an understanding of how news stories and features are structured; explore the various genres of journalistic writing through practical exercises; and create a marketable piece of journalistic writing.
Please note: assessment values are indicative only, details will be advised at the start of the subject.
- Online Discussion (30-40%)
- Assignments (60-70%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
Swinburne University of Technology leads the way with innovative and new ways of teaching, learning and thinking. It offers a wide range of study options, from pre-apprenticeships, undergraduate, postgraduate and PhDs, including online degrees with Open Universities Australia. Swinburne is known for career-oriented education and encouraging lifelong learning.
Learn more about Swinburne.
Explore Swinburne courses.
- QS World University Ranking 2025, within Australia:
- 19
- Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2025, within Australia:
- 17
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2025 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
SWI-LPW501 (Not currently available)
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.
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE