JRN2000 News Reporting (FOART)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Journalism) Band 1

Pre-requisite: JRN1000 for students enrolled in the GDJN Program. JRN1000 and CMS1000 for students enrolled in the following Programs: BART and BMCM.

Synopsis

This course teaches you to find, report and write news stories for multiple media, including print, broadcast (radio) and online. It builds on the news judgment and writing skills learned in Introduction to Journalism. The emphasis is on learning by doing. You will receive theoretical instruction and considerable practice in interviewing, note taking, reporting and story organisation. You will learn how to retrieve information from three major reporting rounds - government, the courts and sports. The journalist's role in society will be defined and explored through the use of research techniques involving interviews, the Internet and newspaper databases. To successfully complete this course, you must have access to the Internet.