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This module seeks to introduce you to a range of digital media platforms, including web-based and mobile applications, utilising a highly practical and hands-on approach. Content will be focused on three key areas: 1) it will ask you to consider the structures and compositions of digital audiences; 2) you will create a range of digital content (from writing for news-driven websites to mobile journalism, from podcasting to micro-blogging, from multi-media sharing to social networking, from aggregated content generation to stimulating user interaction); and 3), you will gain a basic introduction to the technical aspects of delivering information online and to mobile audiences (in particular, it will introduce you to Web 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 applications and Content Management Systems, as well as HTML and CSS coding). In so doing, the module's content will help you learn the theories that underpin digital news and information delivery while also arming you with the practical skills to create your own digital journalism.

LO1: Understand the basics of news journalistic content creation for print
LO2: Generate story ideas and pinpoint angles that show awareness of news values
LO3: Demonstrate interview skills applicable to face-to-face, electronic, online and phone interviews
LO4: Write balanced, accurate and clean news copy for different platforms to deadline
LO5: Demonstrate an understanding of how news functions for online audience