Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Lecture
Workshop

Module Offerings

5505ISTMCC-JAN-PAR

Aims

1. To critically evaluate professional and scholarly accounts of the development of popular journalism. 2. To examine approaches to research in professional journalistic practice. 3. To introduce students to basic writing skills in journalistic genres appropriate to print and online journalism.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Writing about music journalism - issues and debates; The music press; Analysing reviews; Digital Writing and blogs; Ethics and regulation; Feature writing; Field research.
Additional Information:This online module includes both the critical study of journalism and the practice of producing journalism for a variety of publications and platforms.

Assessments

Essay
Portfolio