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Learning outcomes
Work effectively to deadlines.
Research and create news stories for the web.
Create appropriate news content to drive readership and value add to articles.
Apply ethical and legal principles to online news writing and production.
Apply web production techniques, including subbing, writing headlines, manipulating images and using a Content Management System to publish work.
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This capstone unit gives students the opportunity to put into practice the theory and technical skills acquired during their journalism course. This unit exposes students to the practical realities and pressures of news reporting. Students will be required to work collaboratively and independently in newsroom roles, including as reporters and news production editors, to produce publishable stories and news content for Murdoch University's online news service.
Deadlines are an integral part of news reporting and an being able to work to a hard news deadline is a requirement.