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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.
| Module A3 - Journalism and Newswriting with Media Law | Module C3 - Freelance and 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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Local government | • |
Features Intros | |
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Crime and the courts - 1 | • |
Reviews - 1 | |
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Interviewing skills | • |
Reviews - 2 | |
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Central government - 1 | • |
Legal issues | |
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Crime and the courts - 2 | • |
Lifestyle and consumer features | |
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Specialist writing | • |
Human interest features | |
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News Features | • |
Features profiles | |
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Media Law - 1 | • |
Gossip, diary and opinion columns | |
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Government | • |
Trade Press | |
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Media Law - 2 | • |
Specialist module 1* | |
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Subediting | • |
Specialist module 2 * | |
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TV and Radio | • |
Specialist module 3 * | |
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The editor's chair | • |
Round-up |
*Travel, Sports or Music and the Arts
| Module B3 - Freelance and Internet Journalism | Module D3 - Subediting | |||
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The freelance journalist | • |
The subeditor's role | |
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Market research and writing for publication | • |
The professional sub | |
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Writing for newspapers, magazines and websites | • |
Grammar, language and the Sub | |
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The Freelance Reviewer | • |
Punctuation and the Subeditor | |
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Legal issues | • |
Intros | |
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Directing your writing | • |
Headlines, bills, captions | |
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More about markets and trade press | • |
Paper proofing | |
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Legal dilemmas and law revision | • |
Media Law and the Sub - Introduction | |
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Successful packages | • |
Media Law, Media Conventions and the Sub | |
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Writing for TV and Radio | • |
Introduction to layout and design | |
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Going it alone | • |
Typography and pictures | |
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Writing for the web and selling | • |
Planning for publication | |
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Round-up | • |
Round-up |
This syllabus may be changed without notice and is issued for guidance only
