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JOUR12010 Feature Writing
Feature Writing
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General Information

Overview

In this unit you will develop your advanced journalism skills and start to introduce creative prose to your writing. The unit content and exercises focus on research, editorial and column writing, as well as techniques for human interest and profile features. You will experience the rigors of the modern media industry as you pitch, plan and execute two feature articles of a publishable standard.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 2
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: 36 Credit Points

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2024

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Website

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 13 May 2024
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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from 2022 Student evaluation survey

Feedback

Students commented favourably on the variety of practicality of the real-world assessment pieces

Recommendation

Maintain the variety of practicality of the real-world assessment pieces.

Feedback from 2022 Student evaluation survey

Feedback

Students commented on the perceived limitations of using Adobe Spark to design and publish their major assessment pieces.

Recommendation

Review the functionality of Adobe Spark to ensure it remains the most suitable option to design and publish the final assessment pieces.

Feedback from 2022 Student evaluation survey

Feedback

Students commented favourably on the timely assessment feedback provided by the Unit Coordinator.

Recommendation

Ensure in-depth, relevant and timely feedback is provided to students on their assessment pieces as part of an overall engagement strategy.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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This information will be available on Monday 13 May 2024
Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 17 June 2024
Academic Integrity Statement

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