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Journalism Project Part 2 (JOUR90026)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Semester 1
Semester 2
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Overview
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Students will work intensively under advanced industry supervision on an agreed journalistic project, such as a documentary, series of articles, book or investigative assignment. Working with the resources of the Centre for Advanced Journalism and other academic staff, the student will complete a publishable piece of innovative journalism, and a short essay reflecting on their professional practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Reflect on their journalistic practice;
- Demonstrate high level journalistic skills;
- Demonstrate developed time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads; and
- Understand the fundamental principles for making critical and ethical judgments regarding professional journalism practice;
- Demonstrate cultural and ethical understanding through reflection, reading and practical experience of journalists' responsibilities.
Generic skills
- a high level ability to analyse communication techniques and effects
- a high level of ability to interview, research and perform other key journalistic functions, and
- a high level ability to communicate thoughts, ideas and observations in accessible written and/or audio and/or video and/or multimedia forms
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Portfolio of journalistic work and/or equivalent in multimedia
| During the examination period | 80% |
Essay reflecting on journalistic practice
| During the examination period | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of meetings with Centre for Advancing Journalism staff, as individual meetings with their assigned supervisor and/or the subject coordinator, and complete a portfolio of journalistic work in order to be eligible to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
As JOUR90025 Journalism Project Part 1 is not a single semester subject, students also have to ensure they have enrolled in, and completed, the conjoined subject JOUR90026 Journalism Project Part 1 to be eligible for examination.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Coordinator Nick Place Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 10 Hours per semester (20 hours total across entire enrolment in Parts 1 and 2): regular meetings with industry supervisors and Centre for Advancing Journalism staff Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 7 January 2020 to 1 March 2020 Last self-enrol date 17 January 2020 Census date 24 January 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 14 February 2020 Assessment period ends 1 March 2020 Summer Term contact information
- Semester 1
Coordinator Nick Place Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 10 Hours per semester (20 hours total across entire enrolment in Parts 1 and 2): regular meetings with industry supervisors and Centre for Advancing Journalism staff Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Coordinator Nick Place Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 10 Hours per semester (20 hours total across entire enrolment in Parts 1 and 2): regular meetings with industry supervisors and Centre for Advancing Journalism staff Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours per subject (total of 340 hours across two conjoined subjects)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Appropriate readings will be decided by academic staff depending on the nature of the project.
- Subject notes
Information on this page refers to Part 1 and Part 2 of this subject (JOUR90025 Journalism Project Part 1 and JOUR90026 Journalism Project Part 2).
Last updated: 3 November 2022