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Journalism Project Part 2 (JOUR90026)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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Semester 1
Email: sami.shah@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Email: sami.shah@unimelb.edu.au
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
- 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
- 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