Overview

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Offerings

DUBAI-ISC-TJD-INT-2019-2019
DUBAI-ISC-TJD-INT-2021-2021
DUBAI-ISC-TJD-INT-2023-2023
DUBAI-ISC-TMD-INT-2022-2022
DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2019-2019
DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2021-2021
DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2023-2023
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

Requisites

Enrolment rules

Students who have successfully completed JOU104 Digital Newsgathering and Journalism may not enrol in this unit for credit.

Other learning activities

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Define and understand the basics of journalism
2.
Master the basic “tools of the trade”
3.
Reflect on what makes good journalism
4.
Write a basic news story
5.
Understand the difference between different styles of journalistic writing and write a feature story
6.
Evaluate information and critically assess sources
7.
Gather and present information in an accessible way
8.
Describe how newsrooms operate
9.
Have an acquaintance with the law and ethics facing editorial decision-making

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:Defining Journalism; News Values; Writing; Research and Sources; Interviewing; Writing for the web; The Newsroom; Ethics; Law; Writing Styles; Photojournalism