| CODE | MCS2030 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Journalism Lab | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Media and Communications | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Students of the Journalism Lab will develop the skills and knowledge gained in Journalism 1. In the Journalism Lab, students will experiment with a range of storytelling practices through a sustained focus on a topic to produce articles for print, an audio-visual news package, and a social media dissemination plan. Lab activities will be a combination of both theoretical seminar discussions on set reading materials related to their work as journalists, as well as sustained project work in a newsroom setting. Study-Unit Aims: - To give students an understanding of journalism and technology; - To acquaint students with specialised reporting; - To advance students' understanding of journalism best practices, media law and ethics, and style; - To provide an opportunity for students to further improve their writing, interviewing, and language usage skills. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain how news industries are changing with particular reference to online news production; - Explain how changes in journalism are changing politics and society; - Write news stories for print, broadcast, and online media; - Adhere to the latest statutory and common law applicable to journalists; - Conduct themselves as ethical journalists. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Write news stories on specialised topics relevant to the broader community today; - Edit news stories and associated news content using proper grammar and style; - Understand how different media require different approaches to storytelling; - Work as a journalist under contemporary newsroom constraints. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Caitlin, P. (2021). All the news that's fit to click : how metrics are transforming the work of journalists. Princeton University Press. - Nelson, J. L. (2021). Imagined audiences : how journalists perceive and pursue the public. Oxford University Press. - Reuters Handbook of Journalism: https://www.trust.org/contentAsset/raw-data/652966ab-c90b-4252-b4a5-db8ed1d438ce/file Supplementary Readings: - Briggs, M. (2013). Journalism next: A practical guide to digital reporting and publishing. CQ Press. - Adornato, A. (2021). Mobile and Social Media Journalism: A Practical Guide for Multimedia Journalism (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003186779 - Bossio, D., & Nelson, J. L. (2021). Reconsidering Innovation: Situating and Evaluating Change in Journalism. Journalism Studies, 22(11), 1377-1381. - de Burgh, H. (2021) Investigative Journalism (3rd Ed). London: Routledge. - Gyori, B., & Charles, M. (2017). Designing Journalists: Teaching Journalism Students to Think Like Web Designers. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 73(2), 200鈥�217. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695817713424 - Katz, J. E., & Mays, K. K. (Eds.). (2019). Journalism and Truth in an age of Social Media. Oxford University Press, USA. - Thomson, T. J., Angus, D., Dootson, P., Hurcombe, E., & Smith, A. (2020). Visual Mis/disinformation in Journalism and Public Communications: Current Verification Practices, Challenges, and Future Opportunities. Journalism Practice, 1鈥�25. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2020.1832139. - Sissons, H. (2006). Practical journalism: How to write news. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216828. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: MCS1030 | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Seminar and Project | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Nicole Talmacs |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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