JOU7121 - Professional Development (Magazine)

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate competence as journalists operating within professional news rooms and news teams.

Content:

A minimum of four consequtive weeks placement with a professional news room (or news rooms), to perform newsgathering, news processing and related tasks as directed on behalf of the host organisation. Appraisals to be conducted by the host organisation in discussion with, and moderated by, university staff. A typical student will complete six weeks of placement in total.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Students will be in professional news rooms during this module

Placement
Hours: 140 hours minimum Individual

Further details relating to assessment
The Employer Appraisal Form requires the host organisation to rate the student on a six point scale from point A (an excellent contribution) to point F (a very unsatisfactory contribution).
Grades A – D will constitute a pass in the module; grades E and F will be recorded as fails.
During the period of the placement, student progress is monitored by the module co-ordinator and, where possible, students are visited at their placements.

Other relevant matters
(eg. details of where the module will be available to students on other programmes not detailed in the Objectives section above) The substance and assessment of this module is influenced by the requirements of the industry accreditation bodies, the National Council for the Training of Journalists and the Broadcast Journalism Training Council.

Assessment: