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Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.
This module will begin with a week-long reporting skills bootcamp to refresh and extend students’ foundation skills learned at Level 4. This will cover sourcing stories, interviewing, news writing and photography & image editing skills.
The module then focuses on providing an understanding of radio & podcasting and the current context within which they operate, including OFCOM. It examines the different market places/audiences relevant to radio & podcasts, and provides tuition in interview skills, writing for radio or podcast, audio editing and the skills needed to compile, write and deliver a news bulletin and a podcast.
In the second semester, students will explore video story- telling conventions for online and social media platforms, and the wider use of social media platforms to promote and tell stories. They will learn the associated conventions and techniques of online and social video, including the technical skills required to shoot on a mobile device, edit and publish video online and to social media. Students will also learn effective writing for both an online and social media audience, including the need to meet ethical and legal considerations.
Students will extend their online publication skills to create more sophisticated online stories and will learn the importance of SEO and analytics in driving traffic.
Students will complete a minimum of 15 newsdays as well as a 15-day industry placement during the post-Easter period.
Workshops
Hours: 44
Intended Group Size: Max 15 per group
Bootcamp
Hours: Intensive week at the beginning of Semester 1 or 20 hours
Intended Group Size: Max 15 per group
Newsdays
Hours: 15 days or 90 hours minimum
Intended Group Size: Max 15
Placement preparation workshops
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 50
Placement
Hours: Equivalent of 3 weeks, 1 of which must be consecutive days at the same organisation, minimum of 90 hours
Workshops
Hours: 44
Intended Group Size: Max 15 per group or 30 with 2nd tutor/technician to meet accreditation requirements
Guided independent study
Hours: 302
Further details relating to assessment
Portfolio 1: This comprises elements that cover sourcing stories, interviewing, news writing and photography & image editing skills.
Portfolio 2: radio work comprising podcasts and radio interviews.
Newsdays: these are NCTJ requirements.
Placement: students will need to produce paperwork from their industry mentors to show they have passed their placement.
Presentation: this is an outline of the placement organisation, activities undertaken, and lessons learned.
Voice Training: this is a NCTJ requirement.
Portfolio 3: this comprises elements of online & social media videojournalism.
Early Assessment: there will be a formative assessment within the first 4 weeks and this will help unpack the assignment details for the 1st assignment as well as guide and inform student preparation and help introduce the University grading system.
Other details relating to assessment
Core assessments of this module must be passed, regardless of the overall module result. Those strands include practical journalism assessment elements, placement and newsdays as well as voice training ie placement and NCTJ requirements.
001 Portfolio 1; 2,000 words, mid sem 1 25%
002 Portfolio 2; 2,000 words, end of sem 1 15%
003 Portfolio 3; 4,000 words; end of sem 2 40%
004 15 Newsdays; 90 hours; sem 3; during first half of placement 10%
005 3 week industry placement; 90 hours; sem 3; during first half of placement 0%
006 Presentation on placement; 5 minutes; end of sem 3 10%
007 Voice training; 2 hours; throughout the year 0%
Module Coordinator - Darren Harper
Level - 5
Credit Value - 60
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL