JOU6214 - Advanced Broadcast Journalism

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate a systematic handling of key aspects of television and radio.
Demonstrate practical skills relevant to the production of television and radio.
Critically evaluate the production process and the finished product.
Work effectively within a team to meet deadlines and utilise resources effectively.
Demonstrate application and understanding of the skills learned at Levels 4 and 5 by successfully undertaking a structured and monitored industry placement and a series of University-based live news days.

Content:

This module expands on skills learned in the Level 5 Broadcast Journalism module, and pulls in other relevant journalism skills from the two previous years overall. It stretches students to extend their news production skills and journalistic skills by engaging with the production of television and radio news artefacts and programmes.

In television, students will go on to work on further video skills, presentation, social media packages, and video news production across a range of platforms.

In radio, students will develop their production skills to produce longer form programme packages and, working as a team, a radio sequence programme (or programmes) in which each team member has a clearly identifiable contribution. This will require students to understand the conventions of packages, voice pieces, bulletins and/or location reports and similar devices in styles suitable for given audiences. Students must also apply an advanced understanding of the requirements, conventions and regulatory regimes applicable to different broadcasters and content providers.

During the module, students will take part in 15 live news days - 5 multimedia days during Journalism Week and 10 TV/Radio newsdays.

Broadcast Journalism students will be given voice coaching in a mixture of group and individual sessions.

Learning and Teaching Information:

This module will be taught via a series of interactive workshops with culminate in a series of live news days during which students will put their skills to the test, working to a variety of news briefs and deadline requirements.

Workshops/newsdays/radio workshops
Hours: 159
Intended Group size: 15

Voice coaching (Individual and Group)
Hours: 2
Intended Group size: Individual plus cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 239

Further details relating to assessment
Details of assessments will be available in the module handbooks.
Students must pass the live news days in order to pass the module.

This module is exempt for Marginal Condonement of Failure.

Assessment:

001 TV portfolio; 4,000 words; during semester 1 50%
002 Radio portfolio; 4,000 words; during semester 2 50%
003 Live News Days; during semesters 1 and 2 0%
004 Voice Coaching; during semesters 1 and 2 0%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Katherine Blair
Level - 6
Credit Value - 40
Pre-Requisites - JOU5972
Semester(s) Offered - 6YL

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