Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
7104JOURN-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To equip students with fundamental content gathering and reporting tools
2. To develop students’ knowledge of essential digital skills in journalism
3. To enhance journalistic writing styles
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of journalistic techniques and apply them effectively
2.
Demonstrate essential knowledge of digital skills and employ in a variety of journalistic scenarios
3.
Demonstrate professional journalistic skills in news gathering, writing and production for print, online and broadcast
4.
Demonstrate effective transferable skills such as written and oral communications, IT and research skills
5.
Work effectively and independently to meet deadlines in an industry environment
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:This module will help students understand what is ‘newsworthy’ and what makes a story, develop their content ‘ideas’ from source to completion, and they will learn to develop and nurture contacts and sources. Students will employ effective interview techniques to obtain information and quotes (including use of Shorthand) and will use appropriate media and platforms for disseminating content. It will develop their journalistic writing style to enable them to construct readable and engaging content as well as employ SEO skills for headlines, intros, captions, social media teasers and more. They will develop technical CMS and mobile journalism skills required in today’s industry so they can produce/edit video, audio and image-led content
Additional Information:This module will help students prepare for the NCTJ Essential Journalism examination