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Overview

Students are introduced to the practical aspects of making a media product, from researching the current media market to develop a solid pitch for a new product, to executing the final design and delivery of the product. Along the way students are taught basic technical skills in design principles and … For more content click the Read more button below.

Portfolio

Arts, Social Sciences & Commerce (Pre 2022)

School

Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Subject coordinator

Merryn Sherwood

Subject type

Undergraduate

Year level

Year Level 2 - UG

AQF level

Level 6 - Advanced Diploma

Available as elective

Yes

Available to study abroad / exchange students

Yes

Capstone subject

No

Academic progress review - Schedule A subject

No

Subject instances

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Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Demonstrate the capacity to devise and develop story ideas relevant to a particular brief or demographic.
2.
Write and edit different styles of news to deadline and to the standards required for professional publication.
3.
Research and critically analyse credible sources, including conducting interviews, and the ability to incorporate these sources into publishable work that meets industry standards.
4.
Work independently within an editorial team to produce a professional standard publication.
5.
Develop and execute a sustainable product brief, based on research and critical analysis of the current media industry.
6.
Develop basic technical skills in industry standard software such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, and use these to produce a magazine publication that demonstrates an understanding of publishing principles, including layout and design principles and techniques.

Learning activities

Weekly lectures introduce students to the kinds of information that will enable them to write, edit and design compelling stories. Weekly lectures will be devoted to advanced journalism research skills and will be required to source interview subjects and locate appropriate archival sources in the writing of news and feature articles for assessment. This is reinforced through exercises in class and feedback on assessment tasks. In weekly workshops students are introduced to the industry standard software used in the production of magazines, such as InDesign and Photoshop. In lectures they will also be exposed to elements that will guide their final production, such as layout principles and colour theory. Students will be assessed on their final product production, to be submitted as a PDF.

Enrolment rules

Special conditions

Requisite rules

Prerequisites: 30 credit points of MAC, JRN, STC or MIN subjects at first-year level, or subject coordinators approval