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Journalism Project Part 1 (JOUR90025)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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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;
- 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: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into or selection of one of the following:
- MC-JOURN Master of Journalism
- MC-INTJOUR Master of International Journalism
AND
In the final 100 points of degree.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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JOUR90018 | Journalism Project (Extended) Part 2 | No longer available | |
JOUR90019 | Journalism Project (Extended) Part 3 | No longer available |
JOUR90012 Journalism Project
JOUR90017 Journalism Project (Extended) Part 1
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
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 are enrolled in, and complete, the conjoined subject JOUR90026 Journalism Project Part 2 to be eligible for examination.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Liam Cochrane Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 16 Hours: 8 x 2hr workshops Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Coordinator Liam Cochrane Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 16 Hours: 8 x 2hr workshops Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours per subject (total of 340 hours across two conjoined subjects)
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Appropriate readings will be decided by academic staff depending on the nature of the project.
Adobe Creative Cloud can be used in this subject, it is recommended that you purchase a discounted licence via Student IT https://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/software#adobecc
- 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: 31 January 2024