Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences

School

Communication & Arts School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Internal

Class hours

1L1.5T

Prerequisite

JOUR1112, JOUR1710

Assessment methods

News writing Examination, Social Justice News Report, Deadline News Report

Course enquiries

Dr Scott Downman

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Course description

This advanced level course provides a platform to gather, write and produce social justice news stories. The course will outline professional and ethical guidelines on a variety of news narratives including: First Nations¿ People, refugees, asylum seekers, people affected by disability, multiculturalism and religion. The course will explore theoretical concepts for producing human rights journalism in a digitally-disrupted news market and will highlight the role and impact of the journalist in producing human-focussed stories that accurately reflect complex narratives. The course will investigate the notion of reflexivity in news practice and how this is important for the well-being of journalists as well as producing fair and balanced stories. The course will also focus on story preparation and risk mitigation.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile