UO Radio and Audio Journalism

Course aim

To further develop students’ ability to write for radio, longer format radio stories and podcasts.

Course content

Students will build on existing knowledge of broadcast writing and producing. Students will develop skills to edit news stories using industry-standard software, compile news reports, apply industry standards to news writing, voice reporting, news production and podcasting as well as knowledge of sourcing and interviewing techniques. They will identify and analyse key ethical and legal obligations associated with broadcast reporting including podcasting.Students will experience the practical constraints of radio journalism and will learn to work to daily deadline pressures in a team.

Textbooks

Nil

Prerequisites

Specific program
Program	Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
XBCD	COMM 1064	News Reporting
XBCD	COMM 1074	UO News Reporting
XBJO	COMM 1062	Journalism: Principles and Practices
XBJO	COMM 1088	UO Journalism: Principles and Practices
XBJO	COMM 1087	UO Introduction to Broadcasting

XBCD students must successfully complete EITHER COMM 1074 UO News Reporting OR COMM 1064 News Reporting. XBJO students must successfully complete COMM 1087 Introduction to Broadcasting and EITHER COMM 1088 UO Journalism: Principles and Practices OR COMM 1062 Journalism: Principles and Practices.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY
Online	10 weeks x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical analysis, Media task

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation