Features & Freelance Journalism (JOUR7540)
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
3 Seminar hours
Incompatible
JOUR2811, JOUR2512, JOUR3540 and JOUR3510
Prerequisite
JOUR7511 and JOUR7201
Assessment methods
Feature stories and presentation
Course enquiries
Mr Edward Southorn (e.southorn@uq.edu.au)
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school or faculty of your program.
Course description
This is a practical course that focuses on journalism's creative side. Students write a variety of feature stories, ranging from personality profiles to news features. It includes instruction on narrative and structural strategies, story-telling techniques and writing with description. Workshop sessions include writing creative sketches and critiquing published feature stories.