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Postgraduate Online Course in Journalism
Course syllabus
All lectures and tutorials are delivered in real time on our secure server, with the system being capable of supporting up to 150 concurrent feeds from students.
You will be committed to an average of one tutorial per month and one lecture per week, and approximately 5 to 8 hours (in total) of reading, research and written assignments weekly. You will have a deadline of one week in which to complete and submit each individual assignment and will be penalised for those which are received late. You will also be expected to achieve at least an 85% 'attendance' at online lectures.
The course structure is made up of four modules, all of which must be completed to receive the Postgraduate Diploma.
| Journalism and Newswriting | Feature Writing | ||||
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Starting out in journalism | • |
Introduction to features writing | ||
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What is news? | • |
Freelance opportunities | ||
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Writing for publication | • |
Features Intros | ||
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Crime and the courts | • |
Reviews | ||
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Generating story ideas | • |
Reviews - 2 | ||
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Crime and the courts - 2 | • |
Legal issues | ||
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Local government | • |
Lifestyle and consumer features | ||
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Filing court copy | • |
Human interest features | ||
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Central government | • |
Features profiles | ||
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Interviewing skills | • |
Gossip, diary and opinion columns | ||
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Legal dilemmas | • |
Specialist and trade features | ||
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Central government - 2 | • |
The features professional | ||
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Handouts | • |
The freelance reviewer | ||
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Newspaper practice | • |
Directing your writing | ||
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Libel dangers | • |
Markets | ||
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Running story | • |
Law for feature writing | ||
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Libel defences | • |
Optional module 1 | ||
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Specialist writing | • |
Optional module 2 | ||
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The senior journalist | • |
Optional module 3 | ||
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The editor's chair | • |
Optional module 4 |
| Freelance Writing | Subediting | ||||
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The freelance journalist | • |
The subeditor's role | ||
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Writing for publication | • |
The professional sub | ||
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More about markets | • |
Page editing | ||
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News, features, reviews | • |
Production law | ||
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Legal issues | • |
Headlines | ||
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Legal dilemmas | • |
Legal issues | ||
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Successful packages | • |
First steps in design | ||
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Dealing with editors | • |
Design principles | ||
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The broadcast media | • |
Practical subbing | ||
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Going it alone | • |
Planning for publication | ||
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Internet - Creating a website | • |
Subs and the law | ||
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Internet - web design | • |
Advanced design | ||
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Internet - Advanced web pages | • |
Subbing in action | ||
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Internet - The digital economy | • |
Specialist subbing | ||
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Internet - Writing for the web | • |
Legal pitfalls | ||
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Internet - Selling in cyberspace | • |
Editing and design | ||
This syllabus may be changed without notice and is issued for guidance only
