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This course provides an introduction to the foundational skills and knowledge required for communicating news and information to various publics. You’ll learn how to develop writing and multimedia skills to produce engaging digital content. You’ll also gain knowledge of your ethical responsibilities and learn to critically reflect on your own and others' media practice. The course combines analytical skills with practical experience, including fieldwork and work placement opportunities, to help consolidate the links between theory and practice and develop independence in professional work. Please note, the course’s strongly practical focus requires active in-class engagement. It is not a distance course. Note: This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) or Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
Learning objectivesBy the end of this course, you’ll have been introduced to the research, writing, reporting and multimedia skills needed to succeed in a rapidly changing media world. You’ll be expected to use a range of tools and techniques, including audio-visual and data skills, to report news and information accurately across different media platforms, and to critically reflect on your practice.We expect you to develop:1. organisational and time management skills, including an ability to meet deadlines;2. an ability to produce journalism independently across a range of platforms, including audio- visual media;3. an ability to conduct interviews;4. an ability to reflect critically on your own and others’ media practice;5. an ability to apply analytical and critical reasoning to media production;6. a critical knowledge of news and current affairs;7. an understanding of the role of journalism in society in general and in contemporary New Zealand in particular;8. research and investigative skills, including the retrieval and critical analysis of information from a range of sources using a range of tools;9. an ability to communicate with and work collaboratively with others;10. a high standard of ethical behaviour.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Limited Entry. (i) COMS231, COMS232, COMS233. (ii) Permission from the Head of Department.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Conan Young
Domestic fee $2,123.00
International fee $8,535.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
Maximum enrolment is 25
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .