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Writing for the Media (MECM90045)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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This subject provides students with the skills to critically evaluate and produce advanced journalistic texts. Students will familiarise themselves with techniques in news selection, researching, interviewing, writing and editing. Students will also reflect on issues of fairness and objectivity, diversity, ideological framing as well as ethical and legal codes of conduct. On completion of this subject, students will have developed advanced skills in print and online writing.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate practical knowledge of different journalistic writing styles.
  • Evaluate and critically reflect on the role of sources, researching, diversity and ideology in contemporary journalism.
  • Analyse and synthesise contemporary research in media studies and apply these theoretical approaches to the craft of journalism.
  • Develop media artifacts that demonstrate ethically and legally sound writing practices.
  • Produce media texts at an advanced level that meets a professional standard.
  • Target and communicate complex ideas and news stories to the appropriate audience.

Generic skills

At the completion of this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:

  • Be able to effectively research and write extended length journalistic stories
  • Have gained an understanding of the practical implications of on-going debates over journalistic conduct in relation to their own writings
  • Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the mass media and other forms of communication in contemporary society.

 

Last updated: 8 February 2026