JOU5043 - Pitchside

Objectives:

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.

Content:

This module challenges students to work as a sports journalist within a ‘real world’ context. It requires the students to cover a sports team/sport in the West Yorkshire area as a patch reporter for a ten-week period.

This would involve going to press conferences/games/events and filing content to an outward-facing sports news online platform.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Newsroom contact time
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 50 max

Technical training workshops
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 50 max

Guided independent study
Hours: 260

Further details relating to assessment
The portfolio comprises a series of match-reports and sports journalism undertaken during and as part of the module. The work is according to industry criteria, covering style, use of images, and general presentation as well as content.

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.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio; equivalent 3,000 words, end of semester 2 100%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Paul Marsden
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5S2

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