JRN2906 - Television Journalism
6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Offered
Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Day)
Synopsis
Topics include the role of television news and current affairs in a democratic society; the production of meaning by television news construction and editing; news production and journalism fieldwork in the television industry. Students learn skills in audio-visual recording and digital editing and will gather and produce their own news stories.
Objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit should be able to demonstrate:
- An understanding of the distinction between television, print, radio and web news, their production processes, and the essential characteristics of news presented by these different media.
- Knowledge of issues affecting television journalism in particular and broadcast industry in general.
- An understanding of the role and impact of television news and current affairs in a society, of the link between ownership, rating, advertising, entertainment, and news and current affairs, and of the future of television news vis a vis the convergence of media.
- Production skills required to become a television journalist with emphasis on news and current affairs.
- An understanding of how a television news room functions, the importance of teamwork, the role each crewmember in a television news program plays; learn to produce news stories in a team environment.
- An understanding of how TV news is written, the language, the script format and visual requirements and practice writing TV news script.
- Interviewing skills on location and in the studio.
- Skill in the use of the digital camera and digital editing equipment.
Assessment
Journal (1000) : 20%
Three news reporting pieces (2 minutes each) : 60%
Studio and production work (2 hours) : 20%
Contact hours
2 hours per week (plus 6 hours of workshops for the semester)
Prerequisites
JRN1902, JRN1903, JRN2905 or equivalents
Prohibitions
GSC2904, GSC2907, GSC2906, JRN2907