2024/5, Trimester 1, In Person,
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Occurrence: | 003 |
Primary mode of delivery: | In Person |
Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
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Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Carolyn Scott |
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) | NESH Description |
Face To Face | Guided independent study | 161 | There will be a strong emphasis on independent study and you will be encouraged to practice in the Journalism workshops and on your own Mac/PCs to produce a portfolio of work that will be laid out in online news, social media and print formats. |
Face To Face | Tutorial | 21 | Three-hour tutorials delivered by an experienced sub-editor (LO1) and production designer (LO2-4) will offer you critical insights into the topic of design, layout and sub-editing and also enable you to learn by doing. |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 18 | From weeks 9-12, you will take part in production workshops as part of a small team, alternating through various roles in the team, enabling you to learn by doing and allowing for peer feedback. |
| Total Study Hours | 200 | |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 | |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words | Description |
Oral Presentation | 30 | 1~2~3~4 | Week 5 | HOURS= 5 minutes | You will identify a news story that has been produced for 2 different mediums (selecting from print, online and social media platforms) from the same outlet and provide a 5-minute presentation critiquing, comparing and contrasting the delivery of the story; the top line; editorial choices; headlines and standfirsts; and, use of imagery and media. |
Portfolio | 70 | 1~2~3~4 | Week 13 | , WORDS= 0 | The portfolio will give you the opportunity to sub text and design pages aimed at specific target readerships for print production, online news delivery, social media on-platform news delivery, and social media signposting. The portfolio will consist of one article presented as an online news story with an accompanying social media post, a social media video, and a print layout. Copy and imagery will be provided alongside a styleguide to guide the subbing of the copy. |
Component 1 subtotal: | 30 | | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 70 | | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | | |