This is a work placement-based module based in the newsroom of KMTV, an Ofcom-licensed Local Television Network channel based on the University’s Medway campus. No previous experience or media training is expected or required – the course is designed as an entry point to a media career.
You will start in the Autumn with workshops to help you develop key skills including how news stories are selected, developed and treated; how to shoot broadcast quality interviews and footage; video editing; script-writing and voiceovers.
At the same time, you will work alongside full-time professional journalists in the KMTV newsroom to put those skills into practice. Mentors in the newsroom will help you grow your confidence as you work regular shifts as a video journalist to gain first hand experience of reporting and building a valuable showreel of high quality work to show future employers. You will also put into practice the principles learned in your media law and ethics module, ensuring your stories are accurate, balanced and fair.
This module will also support you to take separate professional exams set by the National Council for the Training of Journalists as part of its Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
Workshop 32 hours
Placement 200 hours
Independent Study 93 hours
Assessment Preparation 75 hours
Main Assessment Methods:
Journalism showreel (80%). Details: 2x TV news packages (c. 2min each)
2x TV news two-ways (c.2min each)
2x Text news stories (c.350 words each)
2x Social media news videos (c. 1min each)
1x Group TV documentary project (c.12 mins)
Reflective essay (20%). Details: 1,000 words: Critical reflection on the student’s growth during the placement and/or the production of their portfolio stories
Reassessment methods: like for like
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1) Understand the roles and workflows common in professional newsrooms and work within them to produce work of broadcast quality both independently and as part of a team.
2) Use a range of industry-standard equipment and software to produce various forms of news content for multiple platforms.
3) Engage critically with key sources of news, employ journalistic research techniques and develop original treatments for news content.
4) Question the accuracy of news material and apply appropriate verification techniques.
5) Deliver work to a given length, format, brief and deadline
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