Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
5042JOURN-SEP-MTP
Aims
To provide knowledge and understanding of the structures and powers of UK national and local government important for the work of journalists
To equip students to critically evaluate the main issues and debates in the reporting of politics in the UK
To enable students to apply knowledge of political institutions to the reporting of those institutions
Learning Outcomes
1.
Apply core knowledge and understanding of how local and central government work.
2.
Explain how journalists find and tell stories from central and local government settings.
3.
Discuss the main debates, issues and criticisms in the reporting of central and local government institutions.
4.
Analyse how journalistic techniques and practices can hold local and central government to account.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The constitution, the monarch and devolution; The role of the government and parliament in the UK; Britain's relationship with Europe and its institutions; Local government structure and decision making; Holding central and local government to account – elections; Holding central and local government to account – the role of journalists – FOI and covering councils; Controlling money – The Treasury and the economy; Controlling money – local government finance; The structure and funding of the NHS Reporting on key services – education, children and adult services, planning and the environment, welfare, emergency services
Module Overview:
This module will prepare students for the NCTJ professional diploma examinations in Public Affairs for Journalists.
This module will prepare students for the NCTJ professional diploma examinations in Public Affairs for Journalists.
Additional Information:This module will prepare students for the NCTJ professional diploma examinations in Public Affairs for Journalists