| Type: | Undergraduate Subject |
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| Code: | JOUR13-301 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Society and Design |
| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
Pop-Up Newsroom is a field-based journalism subject that immerses students in real-world reporting environments. Delivered as an intensive, this subject is built around a major event where students act as working journalists. They will produce features and multimedia content that may include photo essays, long and short-form video reports, web content and long and short-form written journalism for both an event and their own portfolios. Students will work collaboratively and independently to create publishable content under real deadlines, within an environment that closely simulates industry processes and roles. This subject emphasises adaptability, creativity, and ethical storytelling.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Apply journalistic principles and multimedia storytelling techniques in a real-world, deadline-driven environment.
- Collaborate effectively in a team to produce professional-standard content for a live event.
- Apply cultural awareness and ethical sensitivity in reporting on local and international communities.
- Create a major individual journalistic work (video, photo essay, or longform article) that reflects deep engagement with a cultural or societal issue.
- Reflect on their professional practice and the challenges of field-based journalism.
Enrolment requirements
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Pre-requisites:Co-requisites:There are no co-requisites |
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Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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This subject is not available to
Enrolment Cap: 12 students. Faculty approval required Anti-requisites: |