Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool Screen School

Learning Methods

Placement/Practice
Seminar
Workshop

Module Offerings

7106JOURN-JAN-MTP

Aims

1. To enhance students’ employability within the journalism sector 2. To enable students to produce professional portfolios of work 3. To enhance students’ experience and knowledge of the journalism industry

Learning Outcomes

1.
Produce work in a journalistic discipline to industry standard meeting criteria set by National Council for the Training of Journalists
2.
Demonstrate effective journalism skills and employability within a variety of careers, including media, public relations, marketing, press/comms teams
3.
Demonstrate a critical approach to the analysis of the development and operation of media
4.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of one’s own creative processes and practice through engagement in and critical analysis of one or more production practices
5.
Consider and evaluate their own work in a reflexive manner, with reference to academic and/or professional issues, debates and conventions

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:This module helps students construct professional portfolios and showreels of work for transition to industry and prepare them to undertake relevant work placement/experience to enhance industry practice. It will help them develop a professional digital “footprint” and their social media brands and encourage them to engage in career research activities focusing on employment opportunities. Tutorials will focus on development of career CVs and job/internship interview skills. It will also enhance shorthand skills to reach industry gold standard of 100wpm
Module Overview:
This module prepares students for employment within the journalism sector; enables students to produce professional portfolios of work. and enhances students’ experience and knowledge of the journalism industry.
Additional Information:Students will be guided and encouraged to apply for relevant work placements. These can be completed in 1 or 2 week blocks, or by working one day each week etc. To be negotiated with tutors.

Assessments

Portfolio
Test
Reflection